Development and preliminary assessment of the measurement properties of the Seating Identification Tool (SIT)

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Miller, WC
Miller, F
Trenholm, K
Grant, D
Goodman, K
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[1] Vancouver Coastal Hlth Author, Ctr Clin Epidemiol & Evaluat, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada
[2] Univ British Columbia, Sch Rehabil Sci, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
[3] Access Community Therapists, Vancouver, BC, Canada
[4] St Josephs Hlth Care, Parkwood Hosp Wheelchair & Seating Program, London, England
[5] Community Advantage Rehabil, Toronto, ON, Canada
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10.1191/0269215504cr729oa
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R49 [康复医学];
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Objective: To present and discuss the development and measurement properties of the Seating Identification Tool (SIT), a screening tool designed to identify the need for formal seating and wheelchair intervention among institutionalized elderly. Specifically, investigation of the inter-rater and test-retest reliability, sensitivity, specificity, the positive and negative predictive values of the SIT was conducted. Design: A two-week retest design. Setting: A long-term care facility in London, Ontario, Canada. Subjects: Forty-two randomly selected residents with an average age of 83 years who had a disability and required the use of a wheelchair as their main mode of mobility. Intervention: Two health care assistants from a long-term facility collected data using the SIT. One rater assessed all subjects two weeks later to evaluate test-retest reliability. Diagnostic properties (validity) were determined by having all subjects assessed by a seating therapist. Main measurement: The SIT and formal evaluation by a therapist experienced in seating. Results: The ICC for both test-retest and inter-rater reliability was 0.83. A cut-off score of 2 maximized the sensitivity (100%) and specificity (64% and 57% for raters 1 and 2 respectively) and the area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (0.855 and 0.862 for raters 1 and 2). The positive and negative predictive values ranged from 82 to 100%. Conclusion: The SIT is a quick, easy to use, reliable and valid screening tool that can be used to facilitate clinical referral for formal intervention. Other potential uses include population-based surveys to estimate the need for including seating intervention in strategic planning for the institutionalized elderly.
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