Creating Measures of Rehabilitation Outcomes for People who are Visually Impaired: The FIMBA Project
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 94 (5) , 292-306
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482x0009400506
Abstract
This article reports on the development and initial implementation of a self-report outcomes measurement instrument. The instrument, tested with veterans in programs at four Veterans Administration Blind Rehabilitation Centers, provided assessments of their functioning on 32 personal and social activities at the beginning and near the end of their programs.Keywords
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