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- PublicationVariable Selection for Latent Class Analysis with Application to Low Back Pain Diagnosis(The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2017-12-28)
; ; The identification of most relevant clinical criteria related to low back pain disordersis a crucial task for a quick and correct diagnosis of the nature of pain and its treatment.Data concerning low back pain can be of categorical nature, in form of check-list in whicheach item denotes presence or absence of a clinical condition. Latent class analysis is amodel-based clustering method for multivariate categorical responses which can be appliedto such data for a preliminary diagnosis of the type of pain. In this work we propose avariable selection method for latent class analysis applied to the selection of the mostuseful variables in detecting the group structure in the data. The method is based onthe comparison of two different models and allows the discarding of those variables withno group information and those variables carrying the same information as the alreadyselected ones. We consider a swap-stepwise algorithm where at each step the models arecompared through and approximation to their Bayes factor. The method is applied tothe selection of the clinical criteria most useful for the clustering of patients in differentclasses of pain. It is shown to perform a parsimonious variable selection and to give agood clustering performance. The quality of the approach is also assessed on simulateddataScopus© Citations 37 580 - PublicationAdvanced Practice Competency Framework(Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, 2022-03-24)
; ; ; ; This framework represents the ISCP’s position on Advanced Practice Physiotherapy (APP) including ● What is meant by an advanced level of practice in physiotherapy ● The competencies required for physiotherapists performing at an advanced level of practice ● The education infrastructure required to enable this advanced level of practice. Advanced practice is a level of practice rather than a specific role. It reflects a high level of clinical autonomy and the use of advanced critical thinking to deliver care to patients with complex needs safely and competently1. It is not possible to define all the activities, clinical processes and interventions involved in advanced practice as these will reflect the needs of the patient and the service. Advanced practice will continue to evolve and develop, as services and the profession respond to patient and population needs. Individual elements of advanced practice will be incorporated into practice or developed further at advanced level as skills and knowledge grow and are refined137