博論題目方向

1.      Development of the Symbol Digit Pairing Test (SDPT) for use in patients with stroke

Study 1: Development of the SDPT

Study 2: Reliability of the SDPT in patients with stroke

Study 3: Validity and responsiveness of the SDPT in patients with stroke

Study 4: Determining the minimal clinically important difference of the SDPT for patients with stroke 

Note: Symbol Digit Pairing Test是C-SDMT的final version

2.      Development of a computerized test for assessing five aspects of attention in patients with schizophrenia

Study 1: The use of the Attention Scale for Elementary School Children (ASESC) in patients with schizophrenia: A pilot study

Study 2: Revising and computerizing the ASESC to develop the five-aspect attention test for assessing five aspects of attention in patients with schizophrenia

Study 3: Validity and reliability of the five-aspect attention test in patients with schizophrenia

3.      Rasch analysis for the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) item bank in patients with stroke: Some methodological considerations

      Study 1: Comparing alternative Rasch-based methods in measuring change in ADL
      Note: 前後測的parameters要穩定，才能真正測量到ADL的能力變化

  Study 2: A comparison of the minimal clinically important difference of the ADL item bank determined on an interval scale and the score scale