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Assonance
Similarity of sounds in words or syllables.
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Association test
A test used to determine an individual’s response to verbal stimuli. The nature of the response and time required may provide insight into the subject’s personality and previous experiences.
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Induced association
The idea suggested when the examiner gives a stimulus word.
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Associated reaction
Involuntary and nonfunctional spontaneous movements associated with the performance of difficult or stressful intentional motion.
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Assisted living
A group residence for adults, in which tenants live in individual apartments but receive some personal-care services, including shared meals, day and night supervision, assistance with medications, and other benefits, which vary according to state regulations.
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Assessment of motor and process skills
A performance test of complex tasks required for activities of daily living, used in rehabilitation. It is one of the first of a generation of functional performance assessments designed to accommodate differences in settings and raters through statistical mechanisms.
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Rapid trauma assessment
The evaluation of a trauma patient’s head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior, conducted after the initial assessment in patients with a forceful mechanism of injury, such as a car crash.
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Pain assessment
A determination of the character, duration, intensity, and location of a patient’s pain, including its effects on his or her ability to function.
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Ongoing assessment
The evaluation and care of patients recovered from the field, performed en route to the hospital. It includes reassessments of mental status, airway, breathing, circulation, vital signs, chief complaints, and the effectiveness of initial treatments.
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Kitchen task assessment
A performance-based measure of cognitive function in which a subject is asked to follow a pudding recipe, and the amount of support needed to complete the task is measured. The test has been used to assess the ability of demented patients to make their own meals and to demonstrate to caregivers the amount of support…
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