Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM): A Single Instrument Capturing the Range of Recovery in Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

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• Alternative Title:
  Arch Phys Med Rehabil
• Personal Author:
  Whyte, John ; Giacino, Joseph T. ; Heinemann, Allen W. ; Bodien, Yelena ; Hart, Tessa ; Sherer, Mark ; Whiteneck, Gale G. ; Mellick, David ; Hammond, Flora M. ; Semik, Patrick ; Rosenbaum, Amy ; Richardson, Risa Nakase
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To develop a measure of global functioning after moderate-severe TBI with similar measurement precision but a longer measurement range than the FIM.
  
  Design:
  
  Phase 1: retrospective analysis of 5 data sets containing FIM, Disability Rating Scale, and other assessment items to identify candidate items for extending the measurement range of the FIM; Phase 2: prospective administration of 49 candidate items from phase 1, with Rasch analysis to identify a unidimensional scale with an extended range.
  
  Setting:
  
  Six TBI Model System rehabilitation hospitals.
  
  Participants:
  
  Individuals (NZ184) with moderate-severe injury recruited during inpatient rehabilitation or at 1-year telephone follow-up. Interventions: Participants were administered the 49 assessment items in person or via telephone.
  
  Main Outcome Measures:
  
  Item response theory parameters: item monotonicity, infit/outfit statistics, and Factor 1 variance.
  
  Results:
  
  After collapsing misordered rating categories and removing misfitting items, we derived the Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM), a 31-item assessment instrument with high reliability, greatly extended measurement range, and improved unidimensionality compared with the FIM.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The BI-FOM improves global measurement of function after moderate-severe brain injury. Its high precision, relative lack of floor and ceiling effects, and feasibility for telephone follow-up, if replicated in an independent sample, are substantial advantages.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Brain Injuries, Traumatic Disability Evaluation Humans Length Of Stay Middle Aged Rehabilitation Centers Reproducibility Of Results Retrospective Studies Trauma Severity Indices Young Adult

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• Source:
  Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 102(1):87-96
• Pubmed ID:
  33022273
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9255898
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP000034/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000036/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000028/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000039/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 90DPTB0004/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  102
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b3c1423cf6087aeda173163b51ab1948dfda758b0f4939e8f2fe1d06b2d1f3ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119351/cdc_119351_DS1.pdf
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