Workshop 3: Functional and Global Evaluations

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Our topic was functional and global evaluations. We discussed the scales per se versus the concept of evaluation. In terms of usefulness for the primary care physician, we concluded that the concept of evaluating functional and global impairment was important, but due to time constraints on general practitioners (GPs), the use of ratings scales was impractical. However, we believed that for those of us with research interests, the rating scales and their psychometric properties are crucial.