Global rating of change: perspectives of patients with lumbar impairments and of their physical therapists

• Published in: Physiotherapy theory and practice Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 851 - 859
• Main Authors: Wang, Ying-Chih, Sindhu, Bhagwant S., Kapellusch, Jay, Yen, Sheng-Che, Lehman, Leigh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 02.09.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Low Back Pain - rehabilitation; Male; Middle Aged; Minimal Clinically Important Difference; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Patients; Physical Therapists; Reproducibility of Results; United States; United States; rehabilitation; Minimal clinically important difference; minimum important change

: Global rating of change (GROC) scores provide a means of measuring patients' self-perceived change in health status over time. : The purposes of the study were to examine agreement of GROC ratings between the patient (GROCp) and the treating therapist (GROCt), the impact on the minimal clinic...