| Title of Article |
Discriminative ability of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III on levels of independence among ambulatory individuals
with spinal cord injury |
| Date of Acceptance |
14 June 2021 |
| Journal |
| Title of Journal |
Archives of Allied Health Sciences (Arch AHS) |
| Standard |
TCI |
| Institute of Journal |
Faculty of Associated Medical Science, Khon kaen university |
| ISBN/ISSN |
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| Volume |
2021 |
| Issue |
33 |
| Month |
June |
| Year of Publication |
2021 |
| Page |
9-15 |
| Abstract |
Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) III has been proposed as a test battery to discriminate independence of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, there is no clear evidence to support this claim. This study compared the SCIM III scores among 45 ambulatory individuals with SCI who had different levels of independence. Eligible participants were assessed for their demographics, SCI characteristics, and SCIM III scores (Thai version). The requirement of external assistance and/or devices while completing the tasks of SCIM III were used to categorize the participants into three groups (15 participants/group), including need assistance, modified independence (MoID), and independence (ID).The differences among the groups were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test.The findings indicated significant differences in the total and subscale SCIM III scores among the three groups (p-value < 0.05), except the respiration and sphincter management between the MoID and ID participants (p-value > 0.05). The current findings clearly confirmed the use of SCIM III scores to discriminate and monitor independence among ambulatory individuals of SCI.
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| Keyword |
Clinical tool;Rehabilitation; Neurology; Mobility; Burden of care. |
| Author |
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| Reviewing Status |
มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ |
| Status |
ตีพิมพ์แล้ว |
| Level of Publication |
ชาติ |
| citation |
true |
| Part of thesis |
true |
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