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Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 622-629 , April 2008

Assessing Self-Care and Social Function Using a Computer Adaptive Testing Version of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory

Wendy J. Coster, PhD, OTR/L
- Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University Sargent College, Boston, MA
- Correspondence to Wendy J. Coster, PhD, OTR/L, Dept of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Stephen M. Haley, PhD, PT
- Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Pengsheng Ni, MD, MPH
- Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Helene M. Dumas, MS, PT
- Research Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Franciscan Hospital for Children, Boston, MA.
Maria A. Fragala-Pinkham, MS, PT
- Research Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Franciscan Hospital for Children, Boston, MA.

Plot of SEs of individual subject scores based on 5-, 10-, and 15-item simulated CAT compared with full item pool (self-care domain).

Plot of SEs of individual subject scores based on 5-, 10-, and 15-item simulated CAT compared with full item pool (self-care domain).
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Plot of SEs of individual subject scores from 5-, 10-, and 15-item prototype CAT compared with full item pool (social function domain).

Plot of SEs of individual subject scores from 5-, 10-, and 15-item prototype CAT compared with full item pool (social function domain).
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Supported by the National Center on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (grant nos. R43 HD42388-01, K02 HD45354-01A1).

A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit upon 1 or more of the authors. Haley has stock interest in CRE Care LLC, which distributes the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) products. Coster and Haley have a financial interest in the distribution of PEDI products.

Reprints are not available from the authors.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00033-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.053

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