Objective: To describe data completeness, target & shy; ing and reliability of the Swedish version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure Self & shy;Report (s & shy;SCIM & shy;SR). Design: Translation and reliability study. Subjects: Programme participants (n = 48) and peer mentors (n = 42) with spinal cord injury enrolled in the INTERnational Project for the Evaluation of & ldquo;activE Rehabilitation & rdquo; (inter & shy;PEER). Methods: The translation process was based on guidelines/recommendations, and involved expert competence, including consumers. The s & shy;SCIM & shy;SR was distributed online, once for programme partici & shy; pants and twice for peer mentors. Results: Sixty & shy;nine individuals (77%) obtained a total score. Most missing data were found in the items Respiration and Using the toilet. Cronbach & rsquo;s alpha for the full scale was 0.89, for Self & shy;care 0.92, for Respiration and sphincter management 0.37 and for Mobility 0.86. The intraclass correlation coef & shy; ficient was excellent for all subscales and the full scale. Measures of variability showed high sensitiv & shy; ity to changes and Bland Altman analyses revealed no systematic changes between evaluation points. Conclusion: These results support the data complete & shy; ness, targeting and reliability of the Swedish version of the SCIM & shy;SR. However, some problems were found in the subscale Respiration and sphincter management. The s & shy;SCIM & shy;SR can be considered psy & shy; chometrically sound and suitable to assess physical independence among persons with spinal cord injury in Swedish community settings.
Funding Agencies|Promobilia Foundation