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Table 2 Items showing significant DIF in pooled data and between stroke and TBI

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

 

Pooled data

Stroke and TBI pooled

Eating

SCI

 

Grooming

All

X

Bathing

SCI

 

Dressing upper body

SCI

X

Dressing lower body

SCI

 

Toileting

SCI

 

Bladder

SCI

 

Bowel

SCI

X

Transfer bed

SCI

 

Transfer toilet

SCI

X

Transfer bath

TBI

X

Walk/Wheelchair

All

X

Stairs

TBI

 
  1. Pooled data = Stroke + TBI + SCI
  2. TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury
  3. SCI = Spinal Cord Injury
  4. All = All three diagnoses
  5. X = DIF present