These are the interRAI Independence Quality Scale (assessing functional independence and engagement), and the interRAI Home Care Clinical Balance Quality Scale (assessing improvements in function, cognition, and psychosocial indicators).
After the start of our trial, a specialized instrument [Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) II] was introduced for assessing functional independence specifically after spinal cord injury (Catz et al., 2001).
To assess the psychometric quality of an instrument designed to measure functional independence (Functional Independence Scale [FIS]) in several activities of daily living domains and to be applied by trained non-health-related interviewers.
The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living was used to assess functional status using six common functions [ 18].
The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) [ 21] was used to assess functional abilities.
The six-item Katz Index on Independence in Activities in Daily Living [ 15] was used to assess functional status.
In this cross-sectional study, twenty-one hemiparetic stroke patients were assessed for Functional Independence Measure (FIM), balance with a force platform, and gait in the Motion Analysis Laboratory.
The Barthel Index will be used to evaluate basic activities, which was developed to assess changes in functional independence before and after surgery and/or treatments, and to identify the amount of care required.
15 Activities of daily living (ADLs): ability to perform ADLs will be assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM).
Functional ability was assessed by the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), with the total score ranging from 18 (the lowest) to 126 (the highest level of independence) [ 24], and by the subject's ability to perform the instrumental activities of daily living as measured by the IADL index, which varies between 7 and 21 (the higher the score, the more difficulties).
