Measurement properties of the Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index (SCI-FI) short forms.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index (SCI-FI) short forms (basic mobility, self-care, fine motor, ambulation, manual wheelchair, and power wheelchair) based on internal consistency; correlations between short forms banks, full item bank forms, and a 10-item computer adaptive test version; magnitude of ceiling and floor effects; and test information functions.

Design

Cross-sectional cohort study.

Setting

Six rehabilitation hospitals in the United States.

Participants

Individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (N=855) recruited from 6 national Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems facilities.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

SCI-FI full item bank, 10-item computer adaptive test

SUBMITTER: Heinemann AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382921 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature