Gubrium Jaber F, Rittman Maude R, Williams Christine, Young Mary Ellen, Boylstein Craig A
Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65211-6100, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Jul;58(4):S203-11. doi: 10.1093/geronb/58.4.s203.
Functional assessment in stroke recovery extends beyond formal testing and evaluation. Stroke survivors themselves continuously engage in the process of reckoning their functional capacities as they go about their everyday lives. This process is called benchmarking. The aim of this article is to discuss and illustrate how it operates in three areas of experience--self-definition, comorbidity and age, and the tasks of daily life.
Benchmarking data are drawn from in-depth qualitative interviews with male stroke survivors of various ages and from three ethnic groups (Hispanic, African American, and non-Hispanic White).
The results show that the benchmarking process is evident in all social categories in which survivors fall, but specific kinds of benchmarks may be more prominent in some categories than others.
The lessons provided by everyday functional assessment for understanding the stroke experience, as well as directions for further study, are discussed in the conclusion.
中风康复中的功能评估不仅仅局限于正式的测试和评估。中风幸存者在日常生活中会不断地对自己的功能能力进行估量。这个过程被称为基准测试。本文旨在探讨并举例说明它在自我认知、合并症与年龄以及日常生活任务这三个经验领域中是如何运作的。
基准测试数据来自对不同年龄、三个种族群体（西班牙裔、非裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人）的男性中风幸存者进行的深入定性访谈。
结果表明，基准测试过程在幸存者所属的所有社会类别中都很明显，但特定类型的基准在某些类别中可能比其他类别更突出。
结论部分讨论了日常功能评估为理解中风经历提供的经验教训以及进一步研究的方向。
