Applying psychometric criteria to functional assessment in medical rehabilitation: III. Construct validity and predicting level of care. Export

@article{Harvey RF, Silverstein B, Venzon MA, Kilgore KM, Fisher WP, Steiner M, Harley JP , abstract = {A discriminant analysis was performed using Rasch ability estimates derived from four Patient Evaluation and Conference System (PECS) subscales, to distinguish among the functional independence and impairment profiles exhibited by patients admitted into any of three levels of medical rehabilitation delineated by the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (NARF): (1) inpatient hospital, (2) atypical nursing home (intermediate), or (3) day program. Two discriminant functions accounted for 91\% and 9\% of the between-group variance, respectively. Cross-validated classification of patients into one of the three levels of care, based on discriminant function scores, produced 75\% correct classification; a 66\% improvement over the percentage of correct classification likely by chance alone. Results support the construct validity of the PECS subscales and indicate they may be useful in validating clinically-based admission decisions among three of the levels of care promulgated by NARF.}, address = {Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL 60189.}, author = {Harvey, R. F. and Silverstein, B. and Venzon, M. A. and Kilgore, K. M. and Fisher, W. P. and Steiner, M. and Harley, J. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3043389}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1417463}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=1417463}, comment = {rehab, rasch}, issn = {0003-9993}, journal = {Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation}, keywords = {rasch, rehab}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {887--892}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 19:17:36}, priority = {2}, title = {Applying psychometric criteria to functional assessment in medical rehabilitation: III. Construct validity and predicting level of care.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1417463}, volume = {73}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - Harvey RF, Silverstein B, Venzon MA, Kilgore KM, Fisher WP, Steiner M, Harley JP L3 - citeulike-article-id:3043389 N2 - A discriminant analysis was performed using Rasch ability estimates derived from four Patient Evaluation and Conference System (PECS) subscales, to distinguish among the functional independence and impairment profiles exhibited by patients admitted into any of three levels of medical rehabilitation delineated by the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (NARF): (1) inpatient hospital, (2) atypical nursing home (intermediate), or (3) day program. Two discriminant functions accounted for 91% and 9% of the between-group variance, respectively. Cross-validated classification of patients into one of the three levels of care, based on discriminant function scores, produced 75% correct classification; a 66% improvement over the percentage of correct classification likely by chance alone. Results support the construct validity of the PECS subscales and indicate they may be useful in validating clinically-based admission decisions among three of the levels of care promulgated by NARF. IS - 10 JF - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation SN - 0003-9993 AD - Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL 60189. EP - 892 TI - Applying psychometric criteria to functional assessment in medical rehabilitation: III. Construct validity and predicting level of care. VL - 73 SP - 887 KW - rasch KW - rehab N1 - rehab, rasch AU - Harvey, RF AU - Silverstein, B AU - Venzon, MA AU - Kilgore, KM AU - Fisher, WP AU - Steiner, M AU - Harley, JP PY - 1992/10// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1417463 ER -