Tompkins C A, Marshall R C, Phillips D S
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1980 Jun;61(6):252-4.
Eleven 10-item tests from the Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA), were administered to 14 aphasic adults participating in a rehabilitation program. Tests were given once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Results indicate that overall communicative functioning was significantly higher for morning assessments, although some individual patients did better in the afternoon. The primary implication of these results is the importance of consistency in scheduling patient contacts when measuring the effects of treatments rendered. Considerations in determining optimum schedules and aiding individual patients in compensating for reduced efficiency due to time of day are discussed.
对参与康复项目的14名失语成年人进行了11项来自交际能力门廊指数（PICA）的10项测试。测试在上午进行一次，下午进行一次。结果表明，尽管有些个体患者下午表现更好，但上午评估时的整体交际功能明显更高。这些结果的主要意义在于，在测量所提供治疗的效果时，安排患者接触时间的一致性很重要。文中讨论了确定最佳时间表以及帮助个体患者补偿因一天中的时间而导致的效率降低的相关因素。
