A checklist for measuring nonfunctional behavior of regressed chronic psychiatric patients.

Devised a checklist to measure the ability of regressed chronic, psychiatric patients to perform skills of daily living because no other scale found was appropriate for measuring the behavior of such patients (N = 73). Areas assessed by the checklist were eating habits, grooming, dressing, inappropriate social behavior, and uncooperative behavior. Reliability was high, and the checklist was a valid measured of change.