Interview Functional Independence Measure score: self-reporting as a simpler alternative to multidisciplinary functional assessment.

CONCLUSION: There was no FIM assessment for 14 (29.8%) patients, which highlighted the need for alternative assessment tools. Discrepancies in some scores could be due to ignorance among patients about their own limitations or feelings of embarrassment about reporting. Our results may not be valid for patient populations with cognitive or communication deficits. However, a modest agreement between patient self-reporting and multidisciplinary assessment of FIM motor score was demonstrated. Though patients tend to overrate their performance, self-reported FIM motor score could be an alternative in situations where multidisciplinary FIM assessment may be difficult. PMID: 30182128 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Singapore Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research