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Objectives
To develop a time-efficient motor control (MC) test battery while maximising diagnostic accuracy of both a two-level and three-level classification system for patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP).
Design
Case–control study.
Setting
Four private physiotherapy practices in northern Germany.
Participants
Consecutive males and females presenting to a physiotherapy clinic with non-specific LBP (n=65) were compared with 66 healthy-matched controls.
Primary outcome measures
Accuracy (sensitivity, specificity, Youden index, positive/negative likelihood ratio, area under the curve (AUC)) of a clinically driven consensus-based test battery including the ideal number of test items as well as threshold values and most accurate items.
Results
For both the two and three-level categorisation system, the ideal number of test items was 10. With increasing number of failed tests, the probability of having LBP increases. The overall discrimination potential for the two-level categorisation system of the test is good (AUC=0.85) with an optimal cut-off of three failed tests. The overall discrimination potential of the three-level categorisation system is fair (volume under the surface=0.52). The optimal cut-off for the 10-item test battery for categorisation into none, mild/moderate and severe MC impairment is three and six failed tests, respectively.
Conclusion
A 10-item test battery is recommended for both the two-level (impairment or not) and three-level (none, mild, moderate/severe) categorisation of patients with non-specific LBP.
Use of Emergency Departments by Frail Elderly Patients : Temporal Patterns and Case Complexity
(2019)
Emergency department (ED) care for frail elderly patients is associated with an increased use of resources due to their complex medical needs and frequently difficult psycho-social situation. To better target their needs with specially trained staff, it is vital to determine the times during which these particular patients present to the ED. Recent research was inconclusive regarding this question and the applied methods were limited to coarse time windows. Moreover, there is little research on time variation of frail ED patients’ case complexity. This study examines differences in arrival rates for frail vs. non-frail patients in detail and compares case complexity in frail patients within vs. outside of regular GP working hours. Arrival times and case variables (admission rate, ED length of stay [LOS], triage level and comorbidities) were extracted from the EHR of an ED in an urban German teaching hospital. We employed Poisson time series regression to determine patterns in hourly arrival rates over the week. Frail elderly patients presented more likely to the ED during already high frequented hours, especially at midday and in the afternoon. Case complexity for frail patients was significantly higher compared to non-frail patients, but varied marginally in time only with respect to triage level and ED LOS. The results suggest that frailty-attuned emergency care should be available in EDs during the busiest hours. Based on EHR data, hospitals thus can tailor their staff needs.
In einem Online-Experiment mit 472 Personen wird die Bedeutung des Akzents von Bewerbern untersucht. Die Pbn hören ein Telefoninterview, in dem eine Bewerberin entweder hochdeutsch, mit bayerischem oder sächsischem Akzent spricht. Anschließend bewerten sie diese hinsichtlich einer Vielzahl von Eigenschaften. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich ein sehr großer Haupteffekt (Eta2=.24) des Akzents. Die sächsisch sprechende Bewerberin wird im Vergleich zu einer hochdeutsch bzw. einer mit bayerischem Akzent sprechenden Bewerberin als weniger leistungsorientiert und sozial kompetent erlebt. Zudem würde sie mit geringerer Wahrscheinlichkeit zu einem nachfolgenden Interview eingeladen oder eingestellt werden. Die bayerisch sprechende Bewerberin ist nur in zwei Punkten im Nachteil gegenüber einer hochdeutsch sprechenden: sie wird als weniger leistungsorientiert wahrgenommen und erhält mit geringerer Wahrscheinlichkeit eine direkte Stellenzusage. Die berufliche Erfahrung mit Personalauswahlprozessen schützt nicht vor derartigen Urteilsverzerrungen. Beurteiler, die selbst mit Akzent sprechen, weisen geringfügigere Verzerrungseffekte auf, allerdings nur bezogen auf den bayerischen Akzent.
Für viele Fragstellungen, z. B. Unternehmensbewertung, Rating, strategische Entscheidungen etc., ist die Prognose der zukünftigen Erfolge von Unternehmen von entscheidender Bedeutung.
Das Buch stellt alle wichtigen Analysemöglichkeiten mit ihren Vor- und Nachteilen dar. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele, Übersichten und Tabellen legen die Erfolgsquellen vieler Unternehmen offen. Besonders hilfreich ist die Auswertung einer umfassenden Datenbank mit den Jahresabschlüssen von ca. 2000 Unternehmen weltweit. Die Auswertungen liefern für viele Fragestellungen passende Betriebs- und Branchenvergleiche.
Wer einen Großteil seiner Arbeitszeit in die Analyse von Unternehmen steckt, sollte auf diese solide Arbeitsgrundlage nicht verzichten. Aber auch als Einstieg für Studierende ist das kompakte Buch bestens geeignet.
This paper describes the methodology and developments towards the TIGER International Recommendation Framework of Core Competencies in Health Informatics 2.0. This Framework is meant to augment the scope from nursing towards a series of six other professional roles, i.e. direct patient care, health information management, executives, chief information officers, engineers and health IT specialists and researchers and educators. Health informatics core competency areas were compiled from various sources that had integrated the literature and were grouped into consistent clusters. The relevance of these core competency areas was rated in a survey by 718 professional experts from 51 countries. Furthermore, 22 local case studies illustrated the competencies and gave insight into examples of local educational practice. The Framework contributes to the overall discourse on how to shape health informatics education to improve quality and safety of care by enabling useful and successful health information systems.
Kolumne Wirtschaftspsychologie
Die Auswahl eines Testverfahrens ist eigentlich eine Wissenschaft für sich, in deutschen Unternehmen erfolgt sie jedoch häufig im Schnellverfahren. Psychologie-Professor Uwe P. Kanning spitzt dieses Thema gewohnt zu und vergleicht die Vorgehensweise mit einem Quereinsteiger, der Hausarzt "spielt".
By drawing on the two prevailing economic stardom theories, the paper investigates the sources of superstardom in the US movie industry. For the econometric analysis, we use income and popularity data of screen actresses and actors from the annual Celebrity 100 lists as published by Forbes Magazine. The empirical findings indicate that Hollywood, in contrast to other professional settings, supports two different types of stars. While 'talent stars' exploit acting merit, it is media exposure that drives the income of 'publicity stars'. Apparently, in the motion picture industry both underlying resources are equally important and equally valued. Based on these insights we develop concrete recommendations for the career management of artists and the management of film projects.