Regardless of name, they serve the same basic functions-to define with clarity the desired
goals and outcomes; to help to guide collaborative, transdisciplinary practices; to coordinate …

This article defines some of the conceptual and methodological issues in creating outcome
measures in vision rehabilitation. It proposes a model to describe rehabilitation outcomes in …

PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that vision rehabilitation using optometry, occupational
therapy and social work services increases patients' functional ability and to assess whether …

This article discusses the development of self-report functional outcomes instruments in two
years of a three-year large-scale national research project on the rehabilitation of adults with …

The goal of rehabilitation is to restore an individual's level of participation in daily life to that
realized before the onset of a disability (Caradoc-Davies & Dagger, 1989). Rehabilitation of …

Department of Page 1 Department of Veterans Affairs Journal of Rehabilitation Research and
Development Vol. 36 No. 4, October 1999 Pages 273—293 Outcome Assessment of the …

A special forum for individuals to respond in detail to material published in the Journal of
Visual Impairment & Blindness or to raise issues which relate to the specialized field of work …

This is a comment on" Emergence of a rehabilitation medicine model for low vision service
delivery, policy, and funding." Optometry. 2005 May; 76 (5): 318-26. This is a comment on" …

This article reports on the development and initial implementation of a self-report outcomes
measurement instrument. The instrument, tested with veterans in programs at four Veterans …

We used data from two pilot studies to compare the change in patients' self-reported health-
related quality of life after participation in two nearly identical Department of Veterans Affairs …