Concurrent validity of administering the functional independence measure (FIM) instrument by interview.
Concurrent validity of administering the functional independence measure (FIM) instrument by interview.
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DOI:
10.1097/phm.0b013e3181a9f1d6
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发表时间:
2009-09
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Boult C
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作者:
Young Y;Fan MY;Hebel JR;Boult C
In this study we measure the concurrent validity of administering FIM™ instrument (“FIM”) by interview. Data from twenty-eight community-dwelling, cognitively intact, elderly patients with hip fracture were collected in five post-acute rehabilitation facilities. Within 72 hours of admission to (and at discharge from) the post-acute facilities, both a FIM-certified interviewer and a multidisciplinary team administered the FIM instrument to each participant concurrently. At admission, the mean FIM ratings assigned by the interviewer and by the team were 84.3 and 80.5, respectively (p<0.001). At discharge, the mean FIM ratings were 104.4 and 103.4 (p>0.50), reflecting the participants' functional recovery during post-acute rehabilitation. The intra-class correlation between the FIM ratings assigned by the interviewer and by the team was 0.74 (95% CI = 0.58–0.91) at admission and 0.76 (95% CI = 0.60–0.92) at discharge. FIM ratings assigned by FIM-certified interviewers are valid indicators of the functional status of groups of older people recovering from hip fracture, and feasible for longitudinal study.