Responsiveness, construct and criterion validity of the Personal Care-Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART)

Table 3 Hypotheses 1 and 2 (construct validity): correlations between PC-PART scales and FIM at admission to inpatient rehabilitation

	Spearman correlation: r _s (95 % CI)^a			Hypothesis supported? Self Care: r _s ≥ .5?^b
	Spearman correlation: r _s (95 % CI)^a			Domestic Life: r _s .30 to .49?^b
Whole sample	n = 956
Self Care and FIM	.52(.46,.57)			Yes^c
Domestic Life and FIM	.32(.25,.38)			Yes^c
by Sex	Women n = 602	Men n = 354
Self Care and FIM	.51(.44,.57)	.53(.44,.61)		Yes^c
Domestic Life and FIM	.32(.24,.39)	.32(.22,.42)		Yes^c
by Age	≤59 yrs	60 to 79 yrs	≥80 yrs
	n = 127	n = 454	n = 375
Self Care and FIM	.52(.35,.65)	.51(.42,.59)	.44(.34,.53)	Yes: ≤59yrs^c & 60 to 79 yrs^c
Self Care and FIM	.52(.35,.65)	.51(.42,.59)	.44(.34,.53)	No: ≥80yrs^e
Domestic Life and FIM	.37(.21,.53)	.30(.21,.39)	.28(.18,.37)	Yes: ≤59yrs^{c, d} & 60 to 79 yrs^c
Domestic Life and FIM	.37(.21,.53)	.30(.21,.39)	.28(.18,.37)	No: ≥80yrs^e.
by Impairment	Orthopaedic n = 561	Neurological n = 194	Other Impairments n = 201
Self Care and FIM	.41(.33,.48)	.70(.59,.79)	.48(.35,.58)	Yes: Neurological.
				No: Orthopaedic.
				No: Other Impairment^e
Domestic Life and FIM	.27(.18,.34)	.40(.26,.52)	.28(.14,.41)	Yes: Neurological^c,d,
Domestic Life and FIM	.27(.18,.34)	.40(.26,.52)	.28(.14,.41)	No: Orthopaedic^e & Other Impairment^e

^aAbsolute magnitude of the negative correlation values are represented
^bUsing Cohen’s definition[44]: r _s = .10 to .29 (small); r _s = .30 to .49 (medium); r _s = .50 to 1.0 (large)
^cLower bound 95 % confidence interval suggests true value potentially lies below the range specified
^dUpper bound 95 % confidence interval suggests true value potentially lies above the range specified
^eUpper bound 95 % confidence interval suggests true value potentially lies within the range specified

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