Evaluating the FONE FIM: Part I. Construct Validity.

Chang, Wei-Ching; Slaughter, Susan; Cartwright, Deborah; Chan, Chetwyn

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Publication Date: 1997

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Evaluating the FONE FIM: Part I. Construct Validity.

Chang, Wei-Ching; Slaughter, Susan; Cartwright, Deborah; Chan, Chetwyn

Journal of Outcome Measurement, v1 n3 p192-218 1997

Rasch analysis, often used in educational research, was used to evaluate the Motor component of the FONE FIM, the telephone version of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) (validated by T. Dodds, and others, 1993) with 132 geriatric patients. Rasch difficulty measures demonstrated the similarity of the phone and observational FIM measures. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Item Response Theory, Older Adults, Physical Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Research Methodology, Telephone Surveys, Test Format

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