TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - What domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health are covered by the most commonly used measurement instruments in traumatic brain injury research?
JO  - Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
A1  - Laxe, Sara
A1  - Tschiesner, Uta
A1  - Zasler, Nathan
A1  - López-Blazquez, Raquel
A1  - Tormos, Jose M.
A1  - Bernabeu, Montserrat
SP  - 645
EP  - 650
VL  - 114
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To identify the most frequently used outcome measurement instruments reported in clinical studies on TBI and to provide a content comparison in the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A systematic literature review of clinical studies in TBI was performed using Medline, EMBASE and PsychINFO. The items of the measurement instruments present in more than 20% of the studies were linked to the ICF language. RESULTS: 193 papers fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The frequency analysis identified six instruments: Functional Independence Measure (50%), Glasgow Outcome Scale (34%), Disability Rating Scale (32%), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (29%), Trail Making Test (26%) and Community Integration Questionnaire (22%). The analysed instruments focus on different aspects of body functions (especially DRS, WAIS and TMT) and aspects of activities and participation in life (especially CIQ and FIM). Inter-researcher agreement for the ICF linking process was 0.83. CONCLUSIONS: Translating the items of different measurement instruments into the ICF language provides a practical tool to facilitate content comparisons among different outcome measures. The comparison can assist clinical researchers to integrate information acquired from different studies and different tools.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0303-8467
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.038
ID  - ref1
ER  -