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Research Letter: Rehabilitation Planning Using Rasch Analysis of the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory, 4th
1Author Affiliations: Foundation to Advance Brain Rehabilitation (FABR Wilmington, Delaware); Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (jmalec@fabr.org).
Objective:
To present a method for examining associations among items and total T-score for the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory (4th edition; MPAI-4) that can assist in rehabilitation planning.
Setting:
Advanced postacute brain injury rehabilitation programs.
Method:
Description and presentation of a rehabilitation planning guide based on Rasch analysis of the MPAI-4 and application in 2 cases of participants with traumatic brain injury.
Results:
Initial individualized rehabilitation treatment recommendations derived from examination of the rehabilitation planning guide for specific participants are described.
Conclusions:
Systematic examination of a visual depiction of associations among MPAI-4 items and total T-score identified through Rasch analysis is useful for rehabilitation planning and in communication and education with participants and families.
