ERIC Number: EJ743021
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
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Assessing Risk of Injury in People with Mental Retardation Living in an Intermediate Care Facility
Konarski, Edward A.; Tasse, Marc
American Journal on Mental Retardation, v110 n5 p333-338 2005
A brief instrument to assess risk of injury was applied retrospectively for 2 years and prospectively for 1 year to all people living in a large ICF/MR. Results suggest that the percentage of people who experienced an injury significantly increased across the levels of increasing risk indicated by the assessment. Furthermore, people who experienced an injury had significantly higher risk scores than those who did not. Using psychometric analyses, we found a mean correlation of 0.79 for interrater reliability and 0.90 for test-retest reliability on individual items and correlations of 0.91 and 0.95, respectively, on total score. We conclude that the assessment has promise as a reliable and valid method for predicting injury risk level.
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), At Risk Persons, Injuries, Mental Retardation, Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Psychometrics, Interrater Reliability, Correlation, Scores, Validity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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