Background and Purpose The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the
practical and psychometric adequacy of the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM …

Purpose Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) item banks may need to be updated, but
before new items can be added, they must be linked to the previous CAT. The purpose of …

Haley SM, Coster WJ, Andres PL, Kosinski M, Ni P. Score comparability of short forms and
computerized adaptive testing: simulation study with the Activity Measure for Post-Acute …

Haley SM, Siebens H, Coster WJ, Tao W, Black-Schaffer RM, Gandek B, Sinclair SJ, Ni P.
Computerized adaptive testing for follow-up after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation: I …

Background The interrater reliability of 2 new inpatient functional short-form measures,
Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC)“6-Clicks” basic mobility and daily activity …

Background Standardized assessment of patients' activity limitations in acute care settings
can provide valuable information. Existing measures have not been widely implemented …

BACKGROND AND OBJECTIVE: Measuring physical functioning (PF) within and across
postacute settings is critical for monitoring outcomes of rehabilitation; however, most current …

Objective: To evaluate computerized adaptive testing (CAT) measures of rehabilitation
outcomes. Study Design: Physical functioning questions were calibrated via item response …

Objective The objective was to use the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care “6-Clicks”
scores at initial physical therapist and/or occupational therapist evaluation to assess (1) …

Background Efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of a broad range of postacute care services
have been hindered by the lack of conceptually sound and comprehensive measures of …