psychometrics
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n. the measurement of individual differences in psychological functions (such as intelligence and personality) by means of standardized tests. —psychometric adj.null...
Patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care: development of a psychometric questionnaire and benchmarking among six hospitals in Switzerland and Austria†‡
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
December 2002; p ublished online December 2002 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5862 words.
Background. We describe the development and comparison of a psychometric questionnaire on patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care among six hospitals.
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Development, psychometric evaluation and validation of a brief measure of emotional preoperative stress (B-MEPS) to predict moderate to intense postoperative acute pain†
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
November 2016; p ublished online October 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5288 words.
Background: Preoperative stress might influence postoperative pain, thereby, it is desirable to assess it more precisely. Thus, we developed and evaluated the psychometric...
Cognitive failures after general anaesthesia for day-case surgery.
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
February 1996 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 0 words.
Patients are normally thought to have recovered from general anaesthesia within a few hours after day-case surgery. Previous recovery studies using objective psychometric tests showed a...
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Characteristics of pain in hospitalized medical patients, surgical patients, and outpatients attending a pain management centre
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
June 2013; p ublished online February 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 3526 words.
Background
The characteristics and psychological impact of pain suffered by medical inpatients has been relatively under-investigated. The aim of this study...
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Measurement of quality of recovery using the QoR-40: a quantitative systematic review
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
August 2013; p ublished online March 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 3603 words.
Background
Several rating scales have been developed to measure quality of recovery after surgery and anaesthesia, but the most extensively used is the...
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Development and validation of a postoperative nausea and vomiting intensity scale
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
February 2010; p ublished online December 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5276 words.
Background
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common and of concern to patients and clinicians. The effect of PONV can range from trivial and...
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Paediatric Perianesthesia Questionnaire: development and data from eight hospitals across Germany
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
January 2011; p ublished online October 2010 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 4203 words.
Background
Opinions about satisfaction with care are rarely obtained from children and few studies of this type exist in the area of paediatric anaesthesia....
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Measuring quality of recovery-15 after day case surgery
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
February 2016; p ublished online January 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5097 words.
Background. ‘Quality of recovery’ scores are patient-reported outcome measures evaluating recovery after surgery and anaesthesia. However, they are not widely used in the...
Correlating fibreoptic nasotracheal endoscopy performance and psychomotor aptitude.
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
November 1998; p ublished online November 1998 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 0 words.
We have investigated the correlation between the scores attained on computerized psychometric tests, measuring psychomotor and information processing aptitudes, and learning fibreoptic...
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Central nervous system complications of cardiac surgery.
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
March 2000; p ublished online March 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 0 words.
The neurological complications of cardiac surgery are associated with significantly increased mortality, morbidity and resource utilization. The use of new surgical techniques, introduction...
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Pre‐existing cognitive impairment as a factor influencing outcome after cardiac surgery
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 3361 words.
Conventional methodology to investigate cognitive impairment after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery leaves unclear the potential for pre‐existing cognitive deficits to influence...
Anaesthetists’ Non‐Technical Skills (ANTS): evaluation of a behavioural marker system†
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
May 2003; p ublished online May 2003 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5155 words.
Background. Non‐technical skills are critical for good anaesthetic practice but are not addressed explicitly in normal training. Realization of the need to train and assess...
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Patient well‐being after general anaesthesia: a prospective, randomized, controlled multi‐centre trial comparing intravenous and inhalation anaesthesia
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
November 2003; p ublished online November 2003 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 4209 words.
Background. The aim of this study was to assess postoperative patient well‐being after total i.v. anaesthesia compared with inhalation anaesthesia by means of validated...
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Mini-clinical evaluation exercise in anaesthesia training
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
May 2009; p ublished online March 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 4182 words.
Background
The Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) is a workplace-based assessment tool of potential value in anaesthesia to assess and improve...
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Validation of a measurement tool for self-assessment of teamwork in intensive care
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
September 2013; p ublished online April 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 3856 words.
Background
Teamwork is an important contributor to patient safety and a validated teamwork measurement tool could help healthcare teams identify areas for...
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Measuring the quality of anaesthesia from a patient's perspective: development, validation, and implementation of a short questionnaire†
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
December 2013; p ublished online August 2013 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 6348 words.
Background
The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a short psychometric instrument to assess the patient's perception of the quality of...
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Effect of timing on the response to postal questionnaires concerning satisfaction with anaesthesia care† ‡
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
February 2005; p ublished online November 2004 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 3053 words.
Background. There is little information on the effect of time on the assessment by the patient of quality of anaesthesia care. This study compared the patient's assessment of...
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Analgesia nociception index for the assessment of pain in critically ill patients: a diagnostic accuracy study
in BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia
October 2017; p ublished online September 2017 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Anaesthetics. 5548 words.
Abstract
Background
Behavioural pain tools are used in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients unable to self-report...
Assessment of Postoperative Cognitive Decline
in Neuroprotection in Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine
October 2017; p ublished online November 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: Critical Care; General Anaesthesia; Neurology. 8547 words.
Neurocognitive outcome studies are a potentially rich source of information for evidence-based approaches to neuroprotection. This chapter provides a critical examination of assessment...
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