Journal
JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA REHABILITATION
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 739-749Publisher
ASPEN PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200002000-00012
Keywords
brain injuries; outcomes research; proxy ratings reliability and validity; surveys
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- PHS HHS [H133B30041] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: To assess reliability between persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBT) and their self-selected proxies. Design: Intraclass Correlation Coefficients were used to assess participant-proxy reliability on the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART), the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ), and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Setting: Participants had been discharged to the community from inpatient rehabilitation between six months and approximately five years prior to the study's beginning. Participants: 204 persons with moderate to severe TBI and their self-selected proxies. Results: Eighty-seven percent of the items on the three instruments exhibited moderate to high intraclass correlation (ICC), with strongest participant-proxy agreement for questions assessing con crete, observable information. Participant-proxy agreement was poorest when assessing cognitive and money management capacity as well as out-of-home activities. Conclusions: For many types of items, participant-proxy reliability is sufficient to merit the use of proxies in TBI outcome research when the participants are allowed to select their own proxy.
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