Estimating vaccine efficacy using auxiliary outcome data and a small validation sample

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (17) ◽  
pp. 2697-2711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Chu ◽  
M. Elizabeth Halloran
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Efficacy ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Validation Sample ◽  
Auxiliary Outcome

Inference using surrogate outcome data and a validation sample

Biometrika ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARGARET SULLIVAN PEPE
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Data ◽  
Validation Sample ◽  
Surrogate Outcome

Auxiliary outcome data and the mean score method

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 137-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Sullivan Pepe ◽  
Marie Reilly ◽  
Thomas R. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Data ◽  
Score Method ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Auxiliary Outcome

Voice Therapy With Seniors: Attendance, Outcomes, and Associated Patient Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 814-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie E. Smith ◽  
Ruth Huntley Bahr ◽  
Hector N. Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Data ◽  
Voice Therapy ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Reflux Symptom Index ◽  
Voice Change ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Symptom Index ◽  
Younger Patients ◽  
Unsuccessful Treatment

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the attendance and success rates for seniors in voice therapy, identify any contributing patient-related factors, and compare results to existing findings for younger patients. Method This retrospective study included information from the voice records of 50 seniors seen by the same speech-language pathologist in a private practice. Analysis of attendance and outcome data divided participants into 6 groups. Outcomes for Groups 1–3 (64% of patients) were considered successful (positive voice change), while outcomes for Groups 4–6 (36% of patients) were considered unsuccessful. These data were compared to similar data collected for younger adults in a previous study. Results The attendance and success rates for seniors in this study were higher than those previously reported for younger patients. Further consideration of patient factors revealed that reports of increased stress, Reflux Symptom Index scores > 13, and higher Voice Handicap Index functional subscale scores were significant in distinguishing between patients in the successful and unsuccessful treatment outcome groups. Conclusions The relatively high attendance and success rates among this sample of seniors suggest the desire to achieve voice improvement does not diminish with age, and chances for success in voice therapy among nonfrail seniors may be greater than for younger patients.

Impairment Rating and Spinal Cord Injuries: Revisiting the Guides

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Richard T. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Multiple Organ ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Impairment Ratings

Abstract This article addresses some criticisms of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) by comparing previously published outcome data from a group of complete spinal cord injury (SCI) persons with impairment ratings for a corresponding level of injury calculated using the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition. Results of the comparison show that impairment ratings using the sixth edition scale poorly with the level of impairments of activities of daily living (ADL) in SCI patients as assessed by the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) motor scale and the extended FIM motor scale. Because of the combinations of multiple impairments, the AMA Guides potentially overrates the impairment of paraplegics compared with that of quadriplegics. The use and applicability of the Combined Values formula should be further investigated, and complete loss of function of two upper extremities seems consistent with levels of quadriplegia using the SCI model. Some aspects of the AMA Guides contain inconsistencies. The concept of diminishing impairment values is not easily translated between specific losses of function per organ system and “overall” loss of ADLs involving multiple organ systems, and the notion of “catastrophic thresholds” involving multiple organ systems may support the understanding that variations in rating may exist in higher rating cases such as those that involve an SCI.

Variability in outcome and clinical significance of behavioral marital therapy: A reanalysis of outcome data.

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. np
Author(s):  
William C. Follette ◽  
Dirk Revenstorf ◽  
Donald H. Baucom ◽  
Kurt Hahlweg ◽  
Gayla Margolin
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Marital Therapy ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Behavioral Marital Therapy
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