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S M Schmidt

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PubMed1986

Status of stroke patients: a community assessment.

The identification of norms relating to the status of stroke patients is significant to community plans to provide contemporary health services for stroke patients. This two-phase research study assessed the status of stroke patients for a large metropolitan area. The first phase of research was a retrospective hospital record review conducted on 1,665 subjects admitted to 13 Cincinnati hospitals with the primary diagnosis of stroke. This study showed that the Cincinnati outcomes were consistent with the outcomes demonstrated in the literature. The most typical stroke patient was a 71-year-old woman with right hemiplegia, who was living at home with another adult after spending 17.5 days in the acute care hospital. The behavioral functional levels of 105 disabled stroke patients were assessed in the second phase, using the Level of Rehabilitation Scale. Subjects were analyzed in five functional areas to determine their level of independent living. Demographic data were used to analyze the findings in comparisons. In general, stroke patients function higher in activities of daily living than they do in social interactions. Stroke patients living with another adult demonstrated a lower degree of functioning in activities of daily living than those who lived alone, but scored higher in social interactions.

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PubMed1983

Wrongful life.

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The effectiveness of computer-managed instruction versus traditional classroom lecture on achievement outcomes.

This controlled experimental study examines the effect of two teaching methods on achievement outcomes from a 15-week, 2 credit hour semester course taught at two midwestern universities. Students were randomly assigned to either computer-managed instruction in which faculty function as tutors or the traditional classroom course of study. In addition, the effects of age, grade point average, attitudes toward computers, and satisfaction with the course on teaching method were analyzed using analysis of covariance. Younger students achieved better scores than did older students. Regardless of teaching method, however, neither method appeared to be better than the other for teaching course content. Students did not prefer one method over the other as indicated by their satisfaction scores. With demands upon university faculty to conduct research and publish, alternative methods of teaching that free faculty from the classroom should be considered. This study suggests that educators can select such an alternative teaching method to traditional classroom teaching without sacrificing quality education for certain courses.

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