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COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS

Award Number: K02HD045354
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/05/2004
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2009

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COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a pressing need expressed increasingly by health care providers, consumers, and policy makers for new and improved systems of functional outcome assessment that can be used to monitor health care quality across post-acute care settings and services. These monitoring systems must meet the difficult, dual requirement of precision and practicality. Function, in this context, refers to an individual's ability to carry out meaningful activity and participate in important daily routines. Traditional, fixed-form, functional outcome instruments designed for use in post-acute care settings are either too long, and therefore impractical for widespread use, or too brief and, therefore, lack adequate precision for outcome monitoring. The competing requirements of precision and practicality have long presented a dilemma to the post-acute care field and for outcomes researchers. The projects proposed during the period of this award will address these issues by developing and validating computer-adaptive testing (CAT) outcome instruments that are ideally suited for the challenge of precise and practical monitoring of functional status within post-acute health care settings. By releasing the PI from substantial administrative and management obligations as Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness at Sargent College, this award will allow the PI to pursue a focused research program on this critical area of need. This award will allow the PI to also increase his research mentoring activities with pre- and postdoctoral trainees, further support the development of health services research careers for fellows and doctoral students, increase the number of peer-reviewed papers he will complete, and enhance his technical skills in the use of CATs. The three general long-term objectives of this award will be supported by a series of current and pending grant proposals: 1) CAT development for adult (R01HD43568-03) and pediatric post-acute care (R44 pending) settings, 2) studies to determine the effect of multiple respondents (clinician, patient, proxy) and modes (self-report vs. interview) of CAT scoring (R21 pending), and 3) projects to determine the responsiveness and minimal clinical important differences of CATs for long-term follow-up and quality monitoring. In collaborative studies, the PI will pursue new developments in design of CATs for health care applications, including improved algorithms for item selection and evaluation of various item response theory models for scoring and report functions.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $106,947 )
2008	2008	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	25 BUICK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	6	7/14/2008	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$106,947
														Subtotal = $106,947

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $106,947 )
2007	2007	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	25 BUICK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	7/24/2007	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$106,947
														Subtotal = $106,947

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $107,647 )
2006	2006	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	25 BUICK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	9/15/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$107,647
														Subtotal = $107,647

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $112,481 )
2005	2005	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	25 BUICK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	7/29/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$112,481
														Subtotal = $112,481

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $107,821 )
2004	2004	BOSTON UNIVERSITY	25 BUICK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUFFOLK	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	8/31/2004	NEW	$107,821
														Subtotal = $107,821

Grand Total All Awards = $541,843

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COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS

Award Number: K02HD045354

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/05/2004

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2009

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