Estimating total Barthel scores from just three items: the European Stroke Database ‘minimum dataset’ for assessing functional status at discharge from hospital | Zendy

John Ellul | Zendy; Caroline L Watkins | Zendy; David Barer | Zendy

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Estimating total Barthel scores from just three items: the European Stroke Database ‘minimum dataset’ for assessing functional status at discharge from hospital

Author(s) -

John Ellul,

Caroline L Watkins,

David Barer

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/27.2.115

Subject(s) - barthel index , medicine , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , database , activities of daily living , physical therapy , terminology , emergency department , computer science , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering

The European Stroke Database (ESDB) Project aims to develop a 'common clinical language' for stroke care by agreeing on terminology, definitions and clinical assessments. Each area of stroke assessment has a 'minimum dataset', which can be collected routinely and more detailed information can be added for particular studies. Measurement of patients' functional status at discharge is essential for assessing the impact of hospital care, but even simple activities of daily living scales like the Barthel index may not be easy to use routinely on busy acute units. We thus aimed to further simplify the 20-point Barthel index by reducing it to a few key items.

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