Interrater and Intrarater Reliability Test of Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Evaluation.

, Jung, Han Young; , Kim, Myeong Ok; , Paik, Kyung Woo; , Kim, Tae Hyun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 1999;23(3):492-496.

Jung, Han Young , Kim, Myeong Ok , Paik, Kyung Woo , Kim, Tae Hyun

¹Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine.
²Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University Hospital.

FIM에 의한 일상 생활 동작 평가의 검사자 신뢰도 분석

정한영, 김명옥, 백경우, 김태현¹

인하대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실, ¹인하대병원 재활의학과

Abstract

Objective
The purpose of this study is to test interrater & intrarater reliability of FIM.

Method
We trained 7 members in our rehabilitation team with educational FIM manual and videotape published at State University of New York. After training workshop and several practice of FIM, videotaped FIM of the 10 patients with stroke were evaluated twice at 30 days interval by 7 trained testers. With each FIM data interrater & intrarater correlations were analyzed.

Results
Both interrater & intrarater reliability of FIM was significantly high. And the results of intrarater reliability were more reliable than those of interrater reliability. Also motor FIM components were more reliable than cognition FIM components.

Conclusion
With proper training of the testers, FIM could be used as a standard assessment tool in a rehabilitation unit to quantify patients' disability.

Key Words: FIM, Interrater reliability, Intrarater reliability