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A Critical evaluation of the incapacity status scale
Author(s) -
Mertin Jürgen,
Jones Lynn,
Trevan Rachel,
Yates Elizabeth
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1984.tb02556.x
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , independence (probability theory) , scale (ratio) , functional independence measure , physical medicine and rehabilitation , barthel index , physical therapy , psychology , medicine , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , geography , cartography
The Incapacity Status Scale (ISS) of the research version of the Minimal Record of Disability in Multiple Sclerosis has been tested in parallel with Assessment of the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Index. Reliance of the ISS scoring on the use of aids and adaptive devices was found to be a major source of variation. It is suggested that the general scoring of the proposed ISS scale should be modified so that it employs that of the ADL method, i.e. measuring only independence (irrespective of the use of side and adaptive devices), partial and total dependence.