Innovations for Evaluation Research: Multiform Protocols, Visual Analog Scaling, and the Retrospective Pretest-Posttest Design.

abstract：:This article reports a study of the process of selecting and evaluating general surgery residents. In personnel psychology terms, a job analysis of general surgery was conducted using the Critical Incident Technique (CIT). The researchers collected 235 critical incidents through structured interviews with 10 general s...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Edwards JC,Currie ML,Wade TP,Kaminski DL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reporting of incidents or near incidents because of medical devices in French hospitals relies on procedures following European and national guidelines. The authors intend to evaluate hospital staff knowledge on these surveillance procedures as a marker of appropriate application. A telephone survey is conducted on a ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Mazeau V,Grenier-Sennelier C,Paturel DX,Mokhtari M,Vidal-Trecan G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (PWCs) completed and returned by mail a brief survey of open- and closed-ended items designed to assess their utilization and preferences for a variety of services. A total of 984 middle-aged adults diagnosed with Chronic Fatique Syndrome (CFS) from across North America returned t...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Jason LA,Ferrari JR,Taylor RR,Slavich SP,Stenzel CL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gap between evidence-based guidelines for clinical care and their application in medical settings is well established and widely discussed. Effective interventions are needed to help health care providers reduce this gap. Whereas the development of clinical practice guidelines from biomedical and clinical research...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Feifer C,Ornstein SM,Jenkins RG,Wessell A,Corley ST,Nemeth LS,Roylance L,Nietert PJ,Liszka H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical education literature concerned with the teaching role fulfilled by house officers was reviewed by the authors. Articles were presented in three categories: (1) studies of house officer effort, (2) perceptions of the house officer's teaching role, and (3) assessing and improving house officer teaching skill...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Sheets KJ,Schwenk TL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical group survey from the CAHPS (formerly Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study) project, G-CAHPS, focuses on patient experiences in receiving care from their medical group practice. We compared mail and telephone responses to the G-CAHPS survey in a sample of 880 patients from four physician groups. Patie...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Hepner KA,Brown JA,Hays RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to explore the meaning of scientific evidence as it is understood by primary care physicians. Individual interviews were conducted with actors chosen for their roles in the production and use of knowledge: 22 family physicians, 13 specialist physicians, and 6 researchers. Two situatio...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Beaulieu MD,Proulx M,Jobin G,Kugler M,Gossard F,Denis JL,Larouche D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of Medicaid enrollees diagnosed with depression or schizophrenia was examined to determine whether adherence to treatment guideline was associated with health care financing strategy, clinical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Individuals in a fee-for-service condition were significantly more likely to r...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Stiles PG,Boothroyd RA,Dhont K,Beiler PF,Green AE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that culturally competent clinical practice depends in part on the development of positive attitudes toward the care of immigrant patients. However, few tools exist to measure such attitudes in physicians. The authors operationalized ''culturally competent attitudes'' to include a high level o...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Hudelson P,Perron NJ,Perneger TV

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Dominican Republic (DR)-based multi-community trial of smoking cessation viewed health care workers (HCWs) as potential interventionists. Effectively engaging them requires a clear understanding of their attitudes and practices regarding smoking. A Rapid Assessment Procedure, conducted among HCWs in six economically...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Dozier AM,Ossip DJ,Diaz S,Sierra-Torres E,Quiñones de Monegro Z,Armstrong L,Chin NP,McIntosh S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an easily administered scale for measuring perceived burden among caregivers of family members with dementia. During home interviews conducted in 1991, 82 caregivers rated their family member with dementia on several items related to functional ability, the type of care provided, and associated s...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Macera CA,Eaker ED,Jannarone RJ,Davis DR,Stoskopf CH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central purpose of this article is to review the major approaches to evaluation of health care quality in terms of its use of different data sources. The areas of application, advantages, and disadvantages of seven data sources are presented, including direct observation, clinical records, record abstracts, clinic...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Baker F

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article argues for the increased involvement of people with severe mental illness and consumers of other health and mental health services in evaluation and performance improvement in the organizations from which they receive services. Among other reasons, consumers can bring a different perspective to the select...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Linhorst DM,Eckert A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with psychiatric disabilities need to be able to express their views about their support, for example, the provision of meaningful activity in supported accommodation. Brief scales may be necessary to avoid strain and discomfort for this group. The aim was to develop a brief version of Perceived Meaning in Acti...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Eklund M,Brunt D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years evaluation has mushroomed dramatically as a discipline. A number of evaluation "models" or approaches have been conceived, and varieties of social science methods have been employed serving several evaluative purposes. Missing from the health profession's literature on evaluation is a discussion of the...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Pearsol JA

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of studies examining the interrater reliability of the standard practice of peer assessments of quality of care was conducted. Using the Medline, Health Planning and Administration, and SCISEARCH databases, the English-language literature from 1966 through 1991 was searched for studies of chance correc...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Goldman RL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In any survey where some of the invited participants fail to respond estimates may be biased. The literature on survey nonresponse is substantial, and the intellectual focus has typically been on the nonresponse of individuals. An important yet less scrutinized area in the analysis of nonresponse is in organizational ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Foo CY,Reidpath DD,Sivasampu S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonresponses in archival data may violate the missing-at-random assumption in ways difficult to detect. Standard methods of comparing sociodemographics of respondents and nonrespondents are inappropriate when the units of analysis are not also the individuals who maintain the archival record. Under these circumstances...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Dworkin RJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated health benefits of long-term participation in an employer-based wellness program, focusing on selected chronic disease risk factors. A repeated measures longitudinal time-series study was conducted of 8 years of existing prospectively collected annual data, including clinical measures of weight, b...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Neville BH,Merrill RM,Kumpfer KL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with disabilities comprise roughly 25% of the U.S. adult population yet remain underrepresented in mainstream public health and evaluation research. The lack of measures of common constructs that are validated in but not specific to this population may impede their inclusion. This article describes the use of U...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Thomas EV,Warren-Findlow J,Reeve CL,Webb JB,Laditka SB,Quinlan MM

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Obtaining a high response rate in survey research can bolster statistical power, reduce sampling error, and enhance the generalizability of the results to the population surveyed. We describe a mail survey designed to achieve a high return rate of completed questionnaires from members of the American Psychological Ass...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Gore-Felton C,Koopman C,Bridges E,Thoresen C,Spiegel D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) efficacy randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from high-impact medical journals (NEJM, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Archives of Internal Medicine) were reviewed based on their meeting three validity criteria (the existence of a placebo control, moderate ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Barker Bausell R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:U.S. medical students who have been unable to gain acceptance into medical schools have long sought alternative pathways into American medical practice. The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) has had a transfer program since 1977 to facilitate entry of Georgia Transfer students into the third-year clinical rotations. Af...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Lewis LA,Kuske TT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares five methods of ranking Likert ratings on frequency and severity scales. Data were drawn from an international online survey conducted as part of a practice analysis with 91 diplomates of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology. A total of 129 clinical presentations had been rated on two scale...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Smith SD,Beran TN

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valid and reliable measurement tools are necessary for pain assessment among the elderly with dementia. This study aimed to translate the Mahoney Pain Scale (MPS) into Persian and evaluate its psychometric properties among Iranian elderly with dementia. In this methodological study, after translating and assessing the...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Zare M,Tagharrobi Z,Sharifi K,Sooki Z,Abolhasani J

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviewers administered the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSES) to five groups of Black (formal township and informal settlement), White, Indian, and mixed race adult residents of Greater Pretoria. The results demonstrated that the RSES was psychometrically sound for the five groups. The minimal effects of sociodemog...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Westaway MS,Jordaan ER,Tsai J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Croatia faces a major threat of smoking-related health burdens given the monumental changes this newly formed country has undergone in the past 15 years because of its postcommunist democratic and economic transitions and the destructive 1991-1995 war with Serbia. This article provides information on Croatia's general...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Skara S,Kovacic L,Civljak M,Voncina L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes the use of patient focus groups by a primary health care facility. We review our rationale for using focus groups and the process we used to prepare for and conduct them. We then highlight the results and lessons learned through this experience. Focus groups can be an excellent method for ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Schwarz M,Landis SE,Rowe JE,Janes CL,Pullman N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The national evaluation of the federally funded Healthy Start program involved translating a design for a process and outcomes evaluation and standard maternal and infant data set, both developed prior to the national evaluation contract award, into an evaluation design and client data collection protocol that could b...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Raykovich KS,McCormick MC,Howell EM,Devaney BL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workshops on new methods in the health professions have often been evaluated for participant reaction and understanding of the material. But behavior change on the job following workshops has seldom been assessed. Rehabilitation professionals in seven states were surveyed to determine use of behavior management proced...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Marr JN,Greenwood R

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00