After the observations, all activities recorded were divided in the 8 categories of the observational instrument.
For a start, there was no correlation between the diagnostic interview and the observational instrument.
For instance, the observational instrument only assesses how a child behaves during a 40-minute period, and so may miss behaviours that are rare or that occur in less structured settings.
In Table 4 the total time recorded per category of the observational instrument is given for both groups of doctors.
The objective of this study was to determine variations in the patient care process among EP's and internists through a pilot study with the observational instrument.
The observational instrument consists of four different age-appropriate, problem-solving tasks.
Descriptive statistics reported the mean and SD of the observational instruments at each observation point before death.
The present study uses an observational instrument which, because of its simplicity and ease of use, should permit more frequent observational studies of elderly functional decline.
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether independent raters reliably agreed on the injury characterization when using a standardized observational instrument to record video footage of National Rugby League (NRL) concussions.
In a similar study based on ART, but using a different observational instrument, Rau et al 33 found that expert-rated job demands, but not expert-rated job control was related to major depression.
