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Suggested factors (range 1.0 – 0.1) for evaluation of the validity [V] of scientific papers and the assessment of type of expected effectiveness [TEE] (range 10.0 – 1.0). |
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| Factor |
Validity |
Type of expected effectiveness (TEE) × 10 (prevention of ...) |
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| 1.00 |
Not impaired |
Death |
| 0.99 – 0.90 |
Almost not impaired with few deficiencies |
life-threatening event |
| 0.89 – 0.80 |
considerable impairment |
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| 0.79 – 0.70 |
impaired with deficiencies |
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| 0.69 – 0.60 |
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| 0.59 – 0.50 |
clearly impaired with obvious deficiencies |
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| 0.49 – 0.40 |
Impairment |
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| 0.39 – 0.30 |
rather impaired with considerable deficiencies |
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| 0.29 – 0.20 |
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| 0.19 – 0.10 |
seriously impaired |
disturbed well-being |
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TEE describes the importance of a health-care service preventing either death, disability, or disturbance in well-being under day-to-day conditions. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) describes the foundations of this evaluation. | ||
Porzsolt et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-1 |
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