[The use of "daily life activities profile" for determining incapacity]

The "Life Skill Profile" (LSP) is a test that measures psychophysical function. Fifty-five subjects arraigned in Court to have their psycho-physical ability legally assessed were included in a prospective study in which the clinical evaluation was correlated with the total LSP rating conducted by another evaluator. Age, gender, original accommodation type, diagnosis or type of evaluator were variables not significantly related to the clinical outcome. The results indicated that, using various cut-off scores, different levels of sensitivity and specificity of the LSP test are obtained which can be converted to predictive values in the legal assessment of disability. The LSP test is an efficient measure to be used in conjunction with the clinical evaluation.