TY - JOUR
T1 - Time for a step change? Improving the efficiency, relevance, reliability, validity and transparency of aphasia rehabilitation research through core outcome measures, a common data set and improved reporting criteria
AU - Brady, Marian
AU - Ali, Myzoon
AU - Fyndanis, Chrysovalantis
AU - Kambanaros, Maria
AU - Grohmann, Kleanthes K
AU - Hernández-Sacristán, Carlos
AU - Laska, Anne-Charlotte
AU - Varlokosta, Spyridoula
N1 - open access article
PY - 2014/11/2
Y1 - 2014/11/2
N2 - Considered and meticulous outcome measurement is central to rigorously conducted effectiveness trials, and in turn the relevance and reliability of the study findings to the patient, therapist or policy maker. Failure to include valid and reliable outcome measurements is ethically questionable and wastes already limited research resources (Chalmers & Glasziou, 2009).
AB - Considered and meticulous outcome measurement is central to rigorously conducted effectiveness trials, and in turn the relevance and reliability of the study findings to the patient, therapist or policy maker. Failure to include valid and reliable outcome measurements is ethically questionable and wastes already limited research resources (Chalmers & Glasziou, 2009).
KW - aphasia
KW - datasets
KW - outcome measures
KW - stroke
U2 - 10.1080/02687038.2014.930261
DO - 10.1080/02687038.2014.930261
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 25264395
SN - 0268-7038
VL - 28
SP - 1385
EP - 1392
JO - Aphasiology
JF - Aphasiology
IS - 11
ER -