Table 1.
Number of working categories, misfitting items and location order of items in each diagnosis and in pooled data.
| FIM™ items | Pooled data | SCI | STROKE | TBI | Pooled data STR + TBI | ||||||||||
| Number of categories | Misfit | Loc | Number of categories | Misfit | Loc | Number of categories | Misfit | Loc | Number of categories | Misfit | Loc | Number of categories | Misfit | Loc | |
| Eating | 3 | X | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Grooming | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Bathing | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| Dressing upper body | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Dressing lower body | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| Toileting | 3 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Bladder | 2 | 8 | 3 | X | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Bowel | 3 | X | 4 | 3 | X | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Transfer bed | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Transfer Toilet | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Transfer bath | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Walk/Wheelchair | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| Stairs | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
Loc = Location order Misfit = Misfitting items SCI = Spinal cord injury TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury STR=Stroke Pooled data=SCI+TBI+stroke