... in administrative data remain limited and are only available from high-income countries. Positive predictive value Validity Stroke Children Discharge diagnoses Stroke is uncommon in children, but carries a risk for lifelong disabilities, including neuromotor impairment, language deficits...

... questionnaires have been used as an important tool to detect neurological illnesses. This systematic literature review aimed to report the validity of screening questionnaires for neurological disorders in developing countries. Methods: The PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Science-Direct, and PASCAL databases were...

...Elan D. Louis; Pam Factor-Litvak Background: There are nearly no published screening instruments for essential tremor (ET). This is a remarkable fact, given its high prevalence. Here, we assess the validity of a screening questionnaire and hand-drawn spirals and also estimate the prevalence of ET...

...) is a method with many practical advantages, yet there are virtually no data on the validity of this particular method. Methods: Four hand-drawn spirals (2 right, 2 left) were collected from 831 ET cases across four distinct study settings (population-based study, family study, environmental epidemiological...

.... In the absence of a diagnostic gold standard (e.g., an instrumental test or a biomarker), the validity of the diagnosis of the different types of dystonia relies on the inter-rater reliability, that is, the agreement among the caring physicians. Reliability refers to the degree of reproducibility of observations...

...Elan D. Louis; Monika Michalec Background: The goal of this study was to assess the validity of a screening question for head tremor in essential tremor (ET). There are no published data on this topic, and the knowledge will guide future epidemiological investigations of this disorder. Methods...

... the validity and reliability of a new classification system: SPARKLE (Subtypes of Ischaemic Stroke Classification System). Methods: In a retrospective review of clinical research data, we compared three stroke subtype classifications: CCS, TOAST and SPARKLE. We analyzed a random sample of 275 patients...

...Sietske A.M. Sikkes; Dirk L. Knol; Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg; Elly S.M. de Lange-de Klerk; Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag; Philip Scheltens Background: This study describes the validation of a new instrument measuring instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), the Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire©...

... Screening questionnaire Validity © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel 2012 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including...

...Darshan Ghia; Peter R. Thomas; Dennis J. Cordato; John M. Worthington; Cecilia Cappelen-Smith; Neil Griffith; Ibrahim Hanna; Suzanne J. Hodgkinson; Alan McDougall; Roy G. Beran Background: It is important to establish the validity of diagnostic coding in administrative datasets used in stroke...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Validity Reliability Neurological impairment Original Paper...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Abbreviated mental test Screening Dementia Validity Prevalence survey Original Paper Neurocpidcmiology 1992; 11:288-295 Walter A. Roccaa Salvatore Bonaiutob Andrea Lippia Paolo Lucianib Tiziana Pistarellib Antonio Grandinetlib...

... for Nervous Diseases and the Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy. The initial research revealed 21 areas of concern for the individual with epilepsy, which are described. Reliability was assessed on a test/retest procedure. Validity was tested via a criterion-related study based on the behaviour of the subject...