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The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid tool that assesses the cognitive and functional skills needed for self-care in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). The Self-Care Assessment Tool (SCAT) assesses cognitive and functional skills in eight self-care areas: bathing/grooming, nutritional management, taking medications, mobility/transfers/safety, skin management, bladder management, bowel management and dressing. The tool was carefully developed and has demonstrated content validity. Interrater reliabilities for the cognitive, functional and total scores ranged from .69 to .94 (n = 10). Test-retest reliabilities for the cognitive, functional and total scores ranged from -.06 to .86 (n = 14, 16). Regarding predictive validity, R2 ranged from .61 to .90 for the cognitive, functional and total scores (n = 18). Although continued reliability and validity studies are needed, the SCAT has potential to measure patient rehabilitation outcomes, to evaluate nursing care approaches and to serve as a quality assurance indicator for nursing care.
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