The second article in this three-part series on researching and evaluating geri. atric mental health programs focuses on measurement of outcomes. Fwe issues are discussed: (1) specifying relevant outcome variables, (2) reliability of measures, (3) systematic biases in assessment, (4) validity of mea
Researching and evaluating model geriatric mental health programs, part I: Design of mental health evaluation studies
โ Scribed by Daniel W. Russell; Kathleen C. Buckwalter
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 706 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8228
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โฆ Synopsis
The first article in this three-part series on researching and evaluating geriatric mental health programs focuses on issues related to the design of studies for summative evaluations of geriatric mental health programs. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs are discussed in terms of their advantages and disadvantages, and threats to internal validity are highlighted.
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