Shah S, Cooper B, Maas F
Aust Occup Ther J. 1992 Mar;39(1):5-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1992.tb01729.x.
At present many of the activities of daily living indices used in Australia lack essential characteristics of an index yielding desirable results. This study argues that the Barthel Index as modified by Shah, Vanclay and Cooper (1989a) is robust and has the required biometric and psychometric qualities. It presents evidence in support of the use of the Barthel Index as a preferred measure of the activities of daily living function to report therapeutically meaningful and valid information of patient care and stroke rehabilitation outcomes in Australia. It also presents the functional performance on the modified Barthel Index and the outcome of all 258 first stroke patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation in Brisbane, Australia. Using the Barthel Index as a measure of activities of daily living functions, the study then compares the performances and outcomes of stroke patients between Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
目前，澳大利亚使用的许多日常生活活动指数缺乏产生理想结果的指数的基本特征。本研究认为，由沙阿、范克莱和库珀（1989年a）修改后的巴氏指数稳健，具有所需的生物统计学和心理测量学特性。它提供了证据，支持将巴氏指数作为衡量日常生活活动功能的首选指标，以报告澳大利亚患者护理和中风康复结果中有治疗意义且有效的信息。它还展示了澳大利亚布里斯班258名首次因住院康复入院中风患者在修改后的巴氏指数上的功能表现和结果。该研究以巴氏指数作为衡量日常生活活动功能的指标，比较了澳大利亚、日本、英国和美国中风患者的表现和结果。
