Table 5. Assessments of Participation Restriction.
| 1970 - 2013 | 1970 - 1999 | 2000 - 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 196) | (N = 65) | (N = 131) | |
| Assessment | |||
| Papers using >1 instrument to assess participation restriction | 77 (39%) | 28 (43%) | 49 (37%) |
| Article to instrument ratio* | 2.8 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Assessment of baseline (pre-hospitalization) participation restriction†† | 84 (43%) | 35 (54%) | 49 (37%) |
| Baseline assessment obtained via: | |||
| Patient interview | 79 (40%) | 31 (48%) | 48 (37%) |
| Proxy interview | 42 (21%) | 17 (26%) | 25 (19%) |
| Chart review | 10 (5%) | 4 (6%) | 6 (5%) |
| Not reported or unclear | 18 (9%) | 3 (5%) | 15 (12%) |
| Instruments used to assess participation restriction | |||
| Return to work | 87 (44%) | 31 (48%) | 56 (53%) |
| Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL) | 41 (21%) | 10 (15%) | 31 (24%) |
| Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) | 16 (8%) | 4 (6%) | 12 (9%) |
| Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) | 15 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 14 (11%) |
| Karnofsky Performance Status Scale | 11 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 7 (5%) |
| Barthel Index (BI) | 11 (6%) | 1 (2%) | 10 (8%) |
| Functional Independence Measure (FIM)TIM | 6 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 5 (4%) |
| New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification | 5 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 3 (2%) |
| Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) Scale | 5 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (4%) |
| Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) | 3 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (2%) |
| Other Named Instruments‡ | 32 (16%) | 11 (17%) | 21 (16%) |
| Custom-made Instrument | 28 (14%) | 23 (35%) | 5 (4%) |
*
The article to instrument ratio is the quotient of the number of articles to the number of unique measurement instruments. A higher ratio indicates greater consolidation around a core set of measures.
†
Excludes return to work, all but 2 papers used the same instrument used during follow-up
‡
Represents instruments used in <3 eligible articles