Stroke outcome assessment: Optimizing cutoff scores for the Longshi Scale, modified Rankin Scale and Barthel Index

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0251103
• Main Authors: Zhou, Mingchao, Liu, Xiangxiang, Zha, Fubing, Liu, Fang, Zhou, Jing, Huang, Meiling, Luo, Wei, Li, Weihao, Chen, Yuan, Qu, Sheng, Xue, Kaiwen, Fu, Wanqi, Wang, Yulong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.05.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Biology and Life Sciences; Bladder; Care and treatment; Chinese medicine; Data collection; Disability; Hospitals; Immobilization; Intestine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Patient outcomes; Patients; People and Places; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Stroke (Disease); Traditional Chinese medicine; China

The Longshi Scale, a visual-based scale, is reliable and valid in activity assessment, but lacks cutoff definition corresponding to classical scales such as the modified Rankin Scale and Barthel Index. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationships of the Longshi Scale with the modifie...