@article{a7b07602aa874f4394af2eb54ae5dbae,
title = "Linking Existing Instruments to Develop an Activity of Daily Living Item Bank",
abstract = "This study examined dimensionality and item-level psychometric properties of an item bank measuring activities of daily living (ADL) across inpatient rehabilitation facilities and community living centers. Common person equating method was used in the retrospective veterans data set. This study examined dimensionality, model fit, local independence, and monotonicity using factor analyses and fit statistics, principal component analysis (PCA), and differential item functioning (DIF) using Rasch analysis. Following the elimination of invalid data, 371 veterans who completed both the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and minimum data set (MDS) within 6 days were retained. The FIM-MDS item bank demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach{\textquoteright}s α =.98) and met three rating scale diagnostic criteria and three of the four model fit statistics (comparative fit index/Tucker–Lewis index = 0.98, root mean square error of approximation = 0.14, and standardized root mean residual = 0.07). PCA of Rasch residuals showed the item bank explained 94.2% variance. The item bank covered the range of θ from −1.50 to 1.26 (item), −3.57 to 4.21 (person) with person strata of 6.3. The findings indicated the ADL physical function item bank constructed from FIM and MDS measured a single latent trait with overall acceptable item-level psychometric properties, suggesting that it is an appropriate source for developing efficient test forms such as short forms and computerized adaptive tests.",
keywords = "activities of daily living, continuity of patient care, outcome assessment (health care), psychometrics, veterans",
author = "Li, {Chih Ying} and Sergio Romero and Bonilha, {Heather S.} and Simpson, {Kit N.} and Simpson, {Annie N.} and Ickpyo Hong and Velozo, {Craig A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development, Grant IR 11-223-1, {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Item Banking across the Continuum of Care,{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} from North Florida/ South Georgia Veterans Health System, Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (CINDRR). Funding Information: This study was approved by Health Center Institutional Review Board at the University of Florida (IRB Project # 440-2011) and the Veterans Health Service Human Research Protection Program at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. This study did not require obtaining inform consents from the participants due to its nature of secondary data analysis design. This study was approved as a {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Not Human Subjects Research{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} for its deidentified data analysis nature by the Office of Research Integrity at the Medical University of South Carolina. Funding Information: 1Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 2Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 3Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 4Department of Veterans Affairs, Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (CINDRR), Gainesville, FL, USA 5Health and Rehabilitation Science, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 6Division of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2016.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0163278716676873",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "25--43",
journal = "Evaluation and the Health Professions",
issn = "0163-2787",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1",
}