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Effective practice in rehabilitation
— the evidence of systematic reviews | | Author(s) | Alan Sinclair, Edward Dickinson |
| Corporate Author | King's Fund; Audit Commission |
| Publisher | King's Fund Publishing, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 83 pp |
| Source | Grantham Book Services Ltd., Isaac Newton Way, Alma Park Industrial Estate, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 9SD. |
| Keywords | Rehabilitation ; Physical disabilities ; Performance ; Evaluation ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | This report presents findings of a project that aimed to understand the present state of knowledge of the clinical effectiveness of rehabilitation using the evidence of systematic reviews - that is, identifying and synthesising the results of research studies, particularly controlled clinical trials. The particular focus in this report is on rehabilitation of adults - and emphasising older people's needs - who have been disabled following injury or illness. Findings are presented on methodology, quality and coverage, and what the systematic reviews show. Whilst much is known about the positive effects of rehabilitation, and there is already a large research base, it is fundamentally inadequate. Future research should: consider the application of rehabilitation in other clinical areas; include outcomes such as quality of life and psychological well-being as well as functional level and mortality; and accept only more rigorous study designs which involve both randomisation of treatment and the presence of a control group. Appendices include an evidence table for the reviews cited: characteristics, a description of the intervention, outcomes used, and findings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980727004 B |
| Classmark | LM: BN: 5H: 4C: 3A:6KC |
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