Clinimetrics: the science of clinical measurements.
Int J Clin Pract
; 66(1): 11-5, 2012 Jan.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22171900
ABSTRACT
'Clinimetrics' is the term introduced by Alvan R. Feinstein in the early 1980s to indicate a domain concerned with indexes, rating scales and other expressions that are used to describe or measure symptoms, physical signs and other clinical phenomena. Clinimetrics has a set of rules that govern the structure of indexes, the choice of component variables, the evaluation of consistency, validity and responsiveness. This review illustrates how clinimetrics may help expanding the narrow range of information that is currently used in clinical science. It will focus on characteristics and types of clinimetric indexes and their current use. The clinimetric perspective provides an intellectual home for clinical judgment, whose implementation is likely to improve outcomes both in clinical research and practice.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pesos e Medidas
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Medicina Clínica
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Projetos de Pesquisa Epidemiológica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Clin Pract
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália