Validation of the Nepali version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure Self-Report.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A methodological study.

Objectives

To establish the criterion-related validity of the Nepali version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure Self-Report (SCIM-SR).

Setting

Outpatient Department of the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center and community of Province no. 3, Nepal.

Methods

Community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury were enrolled. Participants self-administered the Nepali version of the SCIM-SR while a clinician concurrently administered the SCIM III. Descriptive statistics characterized the sample, while Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Intraclass correlation coefficient assessed the association between the SCIM III and the Nepali version of the SCIM-SR. Bland Altman's analysis determined the differences.

Result

SUBMITTER: Khatri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574137 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature