Practice formulating three different research questions by identifying dimensions and measures.

Directions: Read the case description_module quiz.pdf

1) identifying dimensions and measures

2) formulate (1) descriptive and (1) predictive research questions using dimensions and measures

Case description: case description_module quiz.pdf

Q1: List variable names as dimensions from this case description.

Q2: List variable names that can be used as "Measures" from this case description.

Q3. Frame one descriptive research question by using at least one dimensions of your choice from Q1

Q4. Frame one predictive research question by using at least one measures from Q2.

The Center for Rehabilitation Service at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is the leading provider of outpatient rehabilitation in the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area (Pennsylvania, USA). The center offers physical, occupational, and speech therapies in over 40 clinics throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Patients are referred to the center by physicians based on a diagnosis or particular disability. A therapist is assigned to evaluate the patient's physical condition during the first visit and manages the therapy throughout the course of treatment. A typical episode of care consists of three to 10 visits with an average of two visits per week. When the goal of the treatment is achieved, the patient's therapy through the center ends. Data are recorded in the database in two ways: by the primary therapist caring for each patient, and by the patients themselves. The data include basic demographic information such as gender, age, and ethnicity; diagnosis; and type of treatment provided. To monitor the progress of the therapy, all patients are expected to complete the standard form of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, popularly known as SF-36, which measures health-related quality of life. An episode of care is defined as a course of outpatient treatment that the patient receives, beginning with an initial visit and ending with a final visit (noted by the caregiver). Ideally, patients complete SF-36 at three stages of their outpatient episode of care: at the beginning (intake), at an interim visit, and at the end (discharge). SF36 queries the patient on eight different health outcomes: energy/fatigue, general health perception, mental health, bodily pain, physical functioning, role limitation due to emotional problems, role limitation due to physical problems, and social functioning. All patients complete SF-36 regardless of diagnosis or area of treatment. The Center for Rehabilitation Service at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is the leading provider of outpatient rehabilitation in the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area (Pennsylvania, USA). The center offers physical, occupational, and speech therapies in over 40 clinics throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Patients are referred to the center by physicians based on a diagnosis or particular disability. A therapist is assigned to evaluate the patient's physical condition during the first visit and manages the therapy throughout the course of treatment. A typical episode of care consists of three to 10 visits with an average of two visits per week. When the goal of the treatment is achieved, the patient's therapy through the center ends. Data are recorded in the database in two ways: by the primary therapist caring for each patient, and by the patients themselves. The data include basic demographic information such as gender, age, and ethnicity; diagnosis; and type of treatment provided. To monitor the progress of the therapy, all patients are expected to complete the standard form of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health

Survey, popularly known as SF-36, which measures health-related quality of life. An episode of care is defined as a course of outpatient treatment that the patient receives, beginning with an initial visit and ending with a final visit (noted by the caregiver). Ideally, patients complete SF-36 at three stages of their outpatient episode of care: at the beginning (intake), at an interim visit, and at the end (discharge). SF36 queries the patient on eight different health outcomes: energy/fatigue, general health perception, mental health, bodily pain, physical functioning, role limitation due to emotional problems, role limitation due to physical problems, and social functioning. All patients complete SF-36 regardless of diagnosis or area of treatment.