Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM): A Single Instrument Capturing the Range of Recovery in Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a measure of global functioning after moderate-severe TBI with similar measurement precision but a longer measurement range than the FIM.

Design

Phase 1: retrospective analysis of 5 data sets containing FIM, Disability Rating Scale, and other assessment items to identify candidate items for extending the measurement range of the FIM; Phase 2: prospective administration of 49 candidate items from phase 1, with Rasch analysis to identify a unidimensional scale with an extended range.

Setting

Six TBI Model System rehabilitation hospitals.

Participants

Individuals (N=184) with moderate-severe injury recruited during inpatient rehabilitation or at 1-year telephone follow-up.

Interventions

Participants were administered the 49 assessment i

SUBMITTER: Whyte J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255898 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature