1.Internal Reliability of Psychosocial Function Evaluation for Mental Disabilities
Li LUO ; Qiuwen ZHOU ; Min XUE ; Zhixun ZHANG ; Peiyan YU ; Chunhao DUAN ; Gang ZHENG ; Cenyan YU ; Shaojing ZHANG ; Gang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2013;19(11):1074-1076
Objective To evaluate the internal reliability of Psychosocial Function Evaluation for mental disabled people in day care unit. Methods 16 participants were evaluated twice by the same rater (social worker) in the unit at the Permanent stage and the Steering stage. Results Cronbach's α was greater than 0.7 in the both evaluation. The Spearman correlation coefficient between each dimension and total score were between 0.502 and 0.869. Conclusion The internal reliability of Psychosocial Function Evaluation is satisfactory for mental disabilities.
2.Performance of Assistive Devices Program in Zhabei, Shanghai: A Brief Introduction
Min XUE ; Cenyan YU ; Li LUO ; Gang ZHENG ; Zhishun ZHANG ; Xiaoxiao SUN ; Peiyan YU ; Wenshu CAO ; Chunhao DUAN ; Shaojian ZHANG ; Gang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2013;19(5):485-488
The Assistive Devices Program was funded and supported sufficiently, and improved the qulity of life of the disabled persons significantly (scores of SF-36). Most disabled users were satisfied with the Program. Some problems, such as inefficient way of working,undefined screening standards, lack of integrity of the assessment content, limited categories of assistive devices and home modifications,unavailable follow-up services, needed to be improved.