A systematic review to investigate the measurement properties of goal attainment scaling, towards use in drug trials

Abstract Background One of the main challenges for drug evaluation in rare diseases is the often heterogeneous course of these diseases. Traditional outcome measures may not be applicable for all patients, when they are in different stages of their disease. For instance, in Duchenne Muscular Dystrop...

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Main Authors: Charlotte M. W. Gaasterland, Marijke C. Jansen-van der Weide, Stephanie S. Weinreich, Johanna H. van der Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0205-4