Validity and reliability of telephone administration of the patient-specific functional scale for the assessment of recovery from snakebite envenomation.

• Main Authors: Rebecca G Theophanous (Author), Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci (Author), Fan Hui Wen (Author), S Michelle Griffin (Author), Victoria E Anderson (Author), Michael E Mullins (Author), Nicklaus P Brandehoff (Author), Eugenia B Quackenbush (Author), Sean P Bush (Author), Eric A Toschlog (Author), Spencer C Greene (Author), Kapil Sharma (Author), Kurt Kleinschmidt (Author), Nathan P Charlton (Author), S Rutherfoord Rose (Author), Richard Schwartz (Author), Brandon Lewis (Author), Eric J Lavonas (Author), Charles J Gerardo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES:Although more than 1.8 million people survive snakebite envenomation each year, their recovery is understudied. Obtaining long-term follow-up is challenging in both high- and low-resource settings. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) is an easily administered, well-accepted patie...