2022
Reliability of patient self-reports to clinician-assigned functional scores of inclusion body myositis
Roy B, Zubair A, Petschke K, O'Connor KC, Paltiel AD, Nowak RJ. Reliability of patient self-reports to clinician-assigned functional scores of inclusion body myositis. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2022, 436: 120228. PMID: 35344793, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2022.120228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIBM functional rating scaleInclusion body myositisBody myositisInterrater correlation coefficientSporadic inclusion body myositisFine motor skillsImpaired ambulationFleiss kappa statisticFunctional scoresHand functionDisease progressionWhite CaucasiansClinical practiceNatural history dataRating ScaleKappa statisticsMyositisScoresMotor skillsIndividual questionsSubstantial agreementCorrelation coefficient analysisReliable indicatorParticipantsAmbulation
2004
Association between preference-based health-related quality of life and asthma severity
Moy ML, Fuhlbrigge AL, Blumenschein K, Chapman RH, Zillich AJ, Kuntz KM, Paltiel AD, Kitch BT, Weiss ST, Neumann PJ. Association between preference-based health-related quality of life and asthma severity. Annals Of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 2004, 92: 329-334. PMID: 15049396, DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61570-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreference-based measuresHealth Utilities Index 3Standard gambleAsthma Symptom Utility IndexTime tradeoffPreference-based health-related qualityResource allocation decisionsHealth statesCost-effectiveness analysisStrength of preferenceSubject's health stateAllocation decisionsAsthma severityHealth-related qualityValues peoplePreference scoresPreference instrumentSymptom frequencyRating ScaleUtility indexAirway obstructionLung functionHUI3 scoresHealth improvementPreferences