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Reliability of the AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment



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  • Description:
    Background: AMA's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment is used to rate loss of function and determine compensation and ability to work after injury or illness; however, there are few studies that evaluate reliability or construct validity. Objectives: To evaluate the reliability of the fifth and sixth editions for back injury; to determine best methods for further study. Results: Intra-class correlation coefficients within and between raters were relatively high. There was wider variability for individual cases. Impairment ratings were lower and correlated less well for the sixth edition, though confidence intervals overlapped. Conclusions: The sixth edition may not be an improvement over the fifth. A research agenda should include investigations of reliability and construct validity for different body sites and organ systems along the entire rating scale and among different categories of raters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1076-2752
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Volume:
    52
  • Issue:
    12
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20045767
  • Citation:
    J Occup Environ Med 2010 Dec; 52(12):1201-1203
  • Contact Point Address:
    Linda Forst, MD, MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, 2121 W. Taylor, MC 922, Chicago, IL 60612
  • Email:
    Forst-L@uic.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2011
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • End Date:
    20290630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:fc8867d6468a79a1b4ea65db45277934ecffdd6ef5564e3a5fda8200eec414328b27e8b8da336436451895c255128db21493afffcdf4f3c80160cc8fd3a5a665
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