Spinal Cord Injury Spasticity Evaluation Test (SCI-SET)
Description: A health-related quality of life (QoL) self-report measure designed to assess the impact of spinal cord injury (SCI)-related spasticity on various activities of daily living and to assess issues of social participation within a 7 day recall period.
Format: 35 items ranked on a 7-point Likert scale:
-3 = Extremely problematic
-2 = Moderately problematic
-1 = Somewhat problematic
0 = No effect
1 = Somewhat helpful
2 = Moderately helpful
3 = Extremely helpful
Scoring: The SCI-SET is scored by summing the responses from all applicable items and dividing the sum by the number of applicable items.
Administration and Burden: Interviewer-administered; Self-administered. Approximately 10 minutes.
Psychometrics for SCI: The SCI-SET demonstrates good reliability in terms of internal consistency (Cronbach’s α =.90) and reproducibility (Intra-class correlation co-efficient = .91). The scale appears to have good face validity. Construct validity was supported by correlations (r range, – .48 to .68; p < .01) between SCI-SET scores and theoretically meaningful constructs. Further work required to establish psychometric properties for the SCI population is recommended.
Language(s): English.
QoL Concept: The SCI-SET is a Health-RelatedQoL measure of Subjective Well-Being, which corresponds to Boxes C (achievements; activities of daily living) and E (subjective evaluations and reactions; social participation) of Dijker’s Model.
Permissions/Where to Obtain: Copyrighted; Permissions from authors is required and the SCI-SET may be obtained in the following article:
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