Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) - method of evaluating the effect of therapy in patients with focal spastic paresis
2015
Abstract
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a method of establishing a subjective evaluation scale to quantify the change of functional state relative to the predefined destination. The method can be used without reservation for statistical processing, although each patient's own stated goals.
For us this method is not yet widely used, although the first time was used to evaluate the effect of therapy in patients with mental impairment in 1968 Kiresukem authors and Sherman. Ever since found use in various forms for many other areas, eg.
In the care of geriatric patients, patients with chronic pain, in the context of cognitive rehabilitation, or for evaluating the effect of rehabilitation of patients with amputations