Resources: Related Websites

Measurement

• Patient Reported Impact of Spasticity Measure (PRISM). Information about development and validation of this measure along with the responent form and scoring key.
• METRIC Cyber Seminars. Online seminars developed by the Health Services Research & Development Service on a wide range of topics. Seminars range in length from 5 to 8 minutes.
Seminars on IRT by Karon Cook:
• METRIC II - The Logic of IRT-based Scoring.
• METRIC II -IRT is a Probability Model.
• METRIC II -Plotting Along: How Item Responses are Related to Person and Item Characteristics.
• METRIC II - Understanding Item Parameters: Difficulty and Discrimination.
• METRIC II - Information: A Better Measure of Measurement Precision.
• METRIC II - Applications of IRT.
• METRIC II - IRT: What's Not to Like.
Other METRIC seminars of note:

• METRIC III -The Importance of Defining the Construct to be Measured. By Michael Johnson.
• METRIC IV -Introduction: Outcomes Assessment for the Clinical Researcher. By Cayla Teal.
• METRIC IV - An Example of Face Content and Validity Assessment. By Cayla Teal.
• METRIC IV - An Example of Construct Validity Assessment. By Cayla Teal.
• METRIC IV - An Example of Criterion-Related Validity Assessment. By Cayla Teal.
• METRIC IV - Overview of "Development, Validity and Responsiveness of Clinical COPD Questionnaire". By Cayla Teal.
• 2004 Conference on Improving Health Outcomes Assessment Based on Modern Measurement Theory and Computerized Adaptive Testing. Co-sponsored by the National Cancer Insitute and the Drug Information Association (This page provides links to the agenda of the conference where a viewer can look at each of the presentations and background summaries on IRT and CAT)
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) is a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.
• Watch an animated cartoon about the importance of attaching meaning to scores.

Multiple Sclerosis

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National MS Society Greater Washington Chapter
• Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County
• Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center--Multiple Sclerosis Research at the University of Washington
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
• Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
• Western Multiple Sclerosis Center--MS clinic at the University of Washington

Spinal Cord Injury

• Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)--Spinal Cord Injury information page
• Reeve-Irvine Research Center
• The Spinal Cord Injury Zone

Disability-related Links

• WheelchairNet--Information on wheeled mobility
• Through the Looking Glass--For families in which a parent or child has a disability
• AAPM&R Physician Finder--Find a physician who specializes in physcial medicine and rehabilitation
• DisabilityInfo.gov--Comprehensive site of US federal programs for families with disabilities
• The National Organization on Disability--Disability-related news, information, and resources