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- Brane, G, et al.
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The Gottfries-Bråne-Steen scale: validity, reliability and application in anti-dementia drug trials
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In: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders. - : S. Karger AG. - 1420-8008 .- 1421-9824. ; 12:1, s. 1-14
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Neuropsychological investigation using a comprehensive rating scale is important for the diagnosis and evaluation of dementia patients over time. Requirements for such a scale include accuracy, reliability, sensitivity of the scale over the disease course and simplicity for clinical use by a wide range of healthcare professionals. Ideally, the scale should also be capable of assessing the impact of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment regimens on the management of dementia patients. The Gottfries-Bråne-Steen (GBS) Scale is a comprehensive global assessment tool for evaluating dementia symptoms and is based on a semi-structured interview and observation of the patient. The scale consists of subscales measuring intellectual (12 items), emotional (3 items) and activities of daily living, primarily items of self-care (6 items); as well as 6 items of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. This review describes the reliability, validity and sensitivity of the most recent version of the GBS scale since its original publication in 1982.
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- Gurwitz, Kim T., et al.
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A framework to assess the quality and impact of bioinformatics training across ELIXIR
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In: PloS Computational Biology. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1553-734X .- 1553-7358. ; 16:7
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ELIXIR is a pan-European intergovernmental organisation for life science that aims to coordinate bioinformatics resources in a single infrastructure across Europe; bioinformatics training is central to its strategy, which aims to develop a training community that spans all ELIXIR member states. In an evidence-based approach for strengthening bioinformatics training programmes across Europe, the ELIXIR Training Platform, led by the ELIXIR EXCELERATE Quality and Impact Assessment Subtask in collaboration with the ELIXIR Training Coordinators Group, has implemented an assessment strategy to measure quality and impact of its entire training portfolio. Here, we present ELIXIR’s framework for assessing training quality and impact, which includes the following: specifying assessment aims, determining what data to collect in order to address these aims, and our strategy for centralised data collection to allow for ELIXIR-wide analyses. In addition, we present an overview of the ELIXIR training data collected over the past 4 years. We highlight the importance of a coordinated and consistent data collection approach and the relevance of defining specific metrics and answer scales for consortium-wide analyses as well as for comparison of data across iterations of the same course.
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