The Global Assessment of Functioning, or GAF, scale is used to rate how serious a mental illness may be. It measures how much a person's symptoms affect their day-to-day life on a scale of 0 to 100.

The Braden scale is a tool composed of six subscales for patient assessment: sensory perception, humidity, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction. The total score was also calculated. The Braden ...

Since a risk assessment can take anywhere from five to 15 minutes per patient, this could represent up to 250 labor hours in a single 500-bed facility per day, and between 30,000 and 90,000 labor ...

SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the forms Medical Assessment Form (formerly, the Initial Medical Exam (IME) Form and Supplemental ...

Kottner, J., Halfens, R. and Dassen, T. (2008) An Interrater Reliability Study of the Braden Scale in Two Nursing Homes. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 1501-1511.

The assessment tool, introduced in 1987, combined ease of use with accuracy in prediction at all levels of health care. The Braden Scale now is widely used in American hospitals and nursing homes ...

Barbara Braden's work leaves a "lasting legacy of care," says the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, Creighton University's president.

Magnan, M.A. and Maklebust, J. (2009) Braden Scale Risk Assessment and Pressure Ulcer Prevention Planning What’s the Connection Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 36, 622-634.

If a smart scale isn't very good at determining your body fat, what's a dieter to do? You could go to a lab with a Bod Pod for $75 per session. Or you could just use a measuring tape and a calculator.

The Braden Scale score area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.72 in patients without COVID-19 and 0.71 in patients with COVID-19, indicating fair to poor discrimination. 3 ...