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ArticleArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2014

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

Allen W Heinemann, Marcel P Dijkers, Pengsheng Ni, David S Tulsky, Alan Jette

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Article in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07364773 (Enhancing Rehabilitation Participation in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Enhancing Rehabilitation Participation in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing

TypeinterventionalSponsorShirley Ryan AbilityLabRan2025 to 2027Enrolled180ConditionsSpinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Spinal Cord DiseaseArmsMotivational Interviewing
3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Patient reported outcome measures in neurogenic bladder.Translational andrology and urology · 2016
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  14. Development and initial evaluation of the SCI-FI/AT.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2015
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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Allen W HeinemannCenter for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: a-heinemann@northwestern.edu.
Marcel P DijkersRehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Pengsheng NiHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
David S TulskyDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rusk Institute, New York, NY; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
Alan JetteHealth and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Funding

Quality of Life for SCI Clinical Trials: Development of the SCI-QOLR01HD054569 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI TULSKY, DAVID SCOTT · 2007 to 2011
$3.0M
NICHD NIH HHS 5R01HD054659NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD054569
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo 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.

designCross-sectional cohort study.

settingSix rehabilitation hospitals in the United States.

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

interventionsNot applicable.

main outcome measuresSCI-FI full item bank, 10-item computer adaptive test, and parallel short form scores.

resultsThe SCI-FI short forms (with separate versions for individuals with paraplegia and tetraplegia) demonstrate very good internal consistency, group-level reliability, excellent correlations between short forms and scores based on the total item bank, and minimal ceiling and floor effects (except ceiling effects for persons with paraplegia on self-care, fine motor, and power wheelchair ability and floor effects for persons with tetraplegia on self-care, fine motor, and manual wheelchair ability). The test information functions are acceptable across the range of scores where most persons in the sample performed.

conclusionsClinicians and researchers should consider the SCI-FI short forms when computer adaptive testing is not feasible.

Indexed as

Disability EvaluationActivities of Daily LivingAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParaplegiaPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPsychometricsQuadriplegiaRehabilitation CentersReproducibility of ResultsSpinal Cord InjuriesActivities of daily livingOutcome assessment (health care)PsychometricsRehabilitationSpinal cord injuries

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PMCPMC4382921

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