A consensus meeting was convened by the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain
Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) to provide recommendations for interpreting clinical …

With the increase in the number of multinational and multicultural research projects, the need
to adapt health status measures for use in other than the source language has also grown …

Clinicians and researchers without a suitable health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure
in their own language have two choices: (1) to develop a new measure, or (2) to modify a …

This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with
upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self‐administered …

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a short, reliable, and valid measure
of physical function and symptoms related to upper-limb musculoskeletal disorders by …

… Beaton); by a scientist award from the Medical Research Council of Canada (Dr. Wright); …
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dorcas Beaton, BScOT,MSc, PhD, Institute for …

Data analysis workflows in many scientific domains have become increasingly complex and
flexible. Here we assess the effect of this flexibility on the results of functional magnetic …

Background & Aims: Colonoscopic appearance, the primary measure of disease activity in
adult ulcerative colitis, is less acceptable to children. Our aim was to develop a noninvasive …

With the increase in the number of multi-national and multi-cultural research projects, the
need to adapt health status measures for use in other than the source language has also …

Background Lack of standardization of outcome measures limits the usefulness of clinical
trial evidence to inform health care decisions. This can be addressed by agreeing on a …