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Table 1 Number of working categories, misfitting items and location order of items in each diagnosis and in pooled data.

From: Cross-diagnostic validity in a generic instrument: an example from the Functional Independence Measure in Scandinavia

FIM™ items

Pooled data

  

SCI

  

STROKE

  

TBI

  

Pooled data STR + TBI

  
 

Number of categories

Misfit

Loc

Number of categories

Misfit

Loc

Number of categories

Misfit

Loc

Number of categories

Misfit

Loc

Number of categories

Misfit

Loc

Eating

3

X

1

3

 

1

3

 

3

3

 

2

3

 

2

Grooming

3

 

2

2

 

3

3

 

2

3

 

10

3

 

5

Bathing

3

 

11

3

 

5

3

 

12

3

 

12

3

 

12

Dressing upper body

3

 

5

3

 

4

3

 

7

3

 

9

3

 

8

Dressing lower body

3

 

12

3

 

11

3

 

11

3

 

11

3

 

11

Toileting

3

 

10

3

 

12

3

 

8

3

 

8

3

 

9

Bladder

2

 

8

3

X

7

2

 

5

3

 

6

2

 

7

Bowel

3

X

4

3

X

9

2

 

1

3

 

1

3

 

1

Transfer bed

3

 

6

3

 

6

3

 

4

3

 

4

3

 

3

Transfer Toilet

3

 

7

3

 

8

3

 

6

3

 

3

3

 

4

Transfer bath

3

 

9

3

 

10

3

 

10

3

 

7

3

 

10

Walk/Wheelchair

3

 

3

3

 

2

3

 

9

3

 

5

3

 

6

Stairs

2

 

13

2

 

13

3

 

13

2

 

13

2

 

13

  1. Loc = Location order Misfit = Misfitting items SCI = Spinal cord injury TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury STR=Stroke Pooled data=SCI+TBI+stroke