About the Authors

Roxana Alexandrescu

roxana.alexandrescu@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Richard John Siegert

Affiliation School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies and School of Rehabilitation and Occupational Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Lynne Turner-Stokes

Affiliations Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Regional Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Outcome measurement is a specific research interest of the authors’ centre. The UK FIM+FAM and the NPDS/NPCNA were both developed through this department, but are disseminated free of charge to trained users. None of the authors has any personal financial interests in the work undertaken or the findings reported. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RA RJS LTS. Performed the experiments: RA RJS LTS. Analyzed the data: RA RJS LTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA RJS LTS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RA RJS LTS.