Definitions
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
What is health?
An adaptation of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM™ 1 instrument) designed to measure the acquisition of functional skills in children with disability from 6 months through 7 years of age
What is the WeeFIM™ instrument?
1)The interview assessment and 2) the self-administered assessments
What are the 2 self-report types of assessments?
It is coined minimally clinically important difference
What is the smallest difference that a patient finds to be beneficial?
Self-care activities, such as dressing, washing, eating, and ambulating
What are basic activities of daily living (BADLs)?
This instrument measures health-related quality of life of individuals with several chronic health conditions.
What is the SF-36?
It is the best possible score in the Barthel Index scale.
What is 100?
More advanced activities that allow us to live independently in our communities, such as shopping, using transportation, cooking, and cleaning.
What are instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)?
These are the 8 domains of health measured by the SF-36
What are
1. physical functioning, 2. physical role, 3. pain, 4. general health, 5. vitality, 6. social function, 7. emotional role, and 8. mental health?
It examines the health and roles of children between 2 and 18 years old, measuring both health status and participation. Physical, emotional, social, and school functions are included.
What is Peds QL™ ?
A change in an assessment score that is greater than a change that could be attributed to a measurement error.
What is Minimal Detectable Change?
The ability of a test instrument to report findings in a consistent and repeatable fashion
What is reliability?
It is a measure of social participation in individuals who have had a stroke that is responsive to change
What is the Assessment of Life Habits (LIFE-H)?
The two basic types of functional assessment designs
What is 1) Self-report types of assessments and 2) Performance-based assessments?
Consistency between two administrations of the same test within a short period
What is test-retest reliability?
The assessment is achieving its intended function and is truly measuring what it is supposed to measure
What is validity?
These are the 8 domains of health measured by the SF-36
What are 1. physical functioning, 2. physical role, 3. pain, 4. general health, 5. vitality, 6. social function, 7. emotional role, and 8. mental health?
The six domains of function evaluated by the FIM™ instrument
What are self-care, sphincter control, transfers, locomotion, communication, and social cognition ?
The assessment should yield very similar results when administered to the same client by two different therapists
What is inter-rater reliability?