Quantifying environmental factors: a measure of physical, attitudinal, service, productivity, and policy barriers

To develop and test a new instrument to assess environmental barriers encountered by people with and without disabilities by using a questionnaire format. New instrument development. A rehabilitation hospital and community. Two convenience samples: (1) 97 subjects, 50 with disabilities and 47 withou...

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Published in:Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Vol. 85; no. 8; p. 1324
Main Authors: Whiteneck, Gale G, Harrison-Felix, Cynthia L, Mellick, David C, Brooks, C A, Charlifue, Susan B, Gerhart, Ken A
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Abstract To develop and test a new instrument to assess environmental barriers encountered by people with and without disabilities by using a questionnaire format. New instrument development. A rehabilitation hospital and community. Two convenience samples: (1) 97 subjects, 50 with disabilities and 47 without disability, and (2) 409 subjects with disabilities from spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amputation, or auditory or visual impairments. In addition, a population-based sample in Colorado of 2269 people (mean age, 44 y; 57% men) with and without disabilities. Not applicable. Item development; factor structure; test-retest, subject-proxy and internal consistency reliability; content, construct, and discriminant validity; and subscale and abbreviated version development. Panels of experts on disability developed items for the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF). The instrument measured the frequency and magnitude of environmental barriers reported by individuals. Five subscales were derived from factor analysis measuring (1) attitudes and support, (2) services and assistance, (3) physical and structural, (4) policy, and (5) work and school environmental barriers. The CHIEF total score had high test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.93) and high internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.93), but lower participant-proxy agreement (ICC=.62). Significant differences were found in CHIEF scores among groups of people with known differences in disability levels and disability categories. The CHIEF has good test-retest and internal consistency reliability with evidence of content, construct, and discriminant validity resulting from its development strategy and psychometric assessments in samples of the general population and among people with a variety of disabilities.
AbstractList To develop and test a new instrument to assess environmental barriers encountered by people with and without disabilities by using a questionnaire format. New instrument development. A rehabilitation hospital and community. Two convenience samples: (1) 97 subjects, 50 with disabilities and 47 without disability, and (2) 409 subjects with disabilities from spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amputation, or auditory or visual impairments. In addition, a population-based sample in Colorado of 2269 people (mean age, 44 y; 57% men) with and without disabilities. Not applicable. Item development; factor structure; test-retest, subject-proxy and internal consistency reliability; content, construct, and discriminant validity; and subscale and abbreviated version development. Panels of experts on disability developed items for the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF). The instrument measured the frequency and magnitude of environmental barriers reported by individuals. Five subscales were derived from factor analysis measuring (1) attitudes and support, (2) services and assistance, (3) physical and structural, (4) policy, and (5) work and school environmental barriers. The CHIEF total score had high test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.93) and high internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.93), but lower participant-proxy agreement (ICC=.62). Significant differences were found in CHIEF scores among groups of people with known differences in disability levels and disability categories. The CHIEF has good test-retest and internal consistency reliability with evidence of content, construct, and discriminant validity resulting from its development strategy and psychometric assessments in samples of the general population and among people with a variety of disabilities.
To develop and test a new instrument to assess environmental barriers encountered by people with and without disabilities by using a questionnaire format.OBJECTIVETo develop and test a new instrument to assess environmental barriers encountered by people with and without disabilities by using a questionnaire format.New instrument development.DESIGNNew instrument development.A rehabilitation hospital and community.SETTINGA rehabilitation hospital and community.Two convenience samples: (1) 97 subjects, 50 with disabilities and 47 without disability, and (2) 409 subjects with disabilities from spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amputation, or auditory or visual impairments. In addition, a population-based sample in Colorado of 2269 people (mean age, 44 y; 57% men) with and without disabilities.PARTICIPANTSTwo convenience samples: (1) 97 subjects, 50 with disabilities and 47 without disability, and (2) 409 subjects with disabilities from spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, amputation, or auditory or visual impairments. In addition, a population-based sample in Colorado of 2269 people (mean age, 44 y; 57% men) with and without disabilities.Not applicable.INTERVENTIONSNot applicable.Item development; factor structure; test-retest, subject-proxy and internal consistency reliability; content, construct, and discriminant validity; and subscale and abbreviated version development.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURESItem development; factor structure; test-retest, subject-proxy and internal consistency reliability; content, construct, and discriminant validity; and subscale and abbreviated version development.Panels of experts on disability developed items for the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF). The instrument measured the frequency and magnitude of environmental barriers reported by individuals. Five subscales were derived from factor analysis measuring (1) attitudes and support, (2) services and assistance, (3) physical and structural, (4) policy, and (5) work and school environmental barriers. The CHIEF total score had high test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.93) and high internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.93), but lower participant-proxy agreement (ICC=.62). Significant differences were found in CHIEF scores among groups of people with known differences in disability levels and disability categories.RESULTSPanels of experts on disability developed items for the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF). The instrument measured the frequency and magnitude of environmental barriers reported by individuals. Five subscales were derived from factor analysis measuring (1) attitudes and support, (2) services and assistance, (3) physical and structural, (4) policy, and (5) work and school environmental barriers. The CHIEF total score had high test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.93) and high internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.93), but lower participant-proxy agreement (ICC=.62). Significant differences were found in CHIEF scores among groups of people with known differences in disability levels and disability categories.The CHIEF has good test-retest and internal consistency reliability with evidence of content, construct, and discriminant validity resulting from its development strategy and psychometric assessments in samples of the general population and among people with a variety of disabilities.CONCLUSIONSThe CHIEF has good test-retest and internal consistency reliability with evidence of content, construct, and discriminant validity resulting from its development strategy and psychometric assessments in samples of the general population and among people with a variety of disabilities.
Author Harrison-Felix, Cynthia L
Brooks, C A
Mellick, David C
Charlifue, Susan B
Gerhart, Ken A
Whiteneck, Gale G
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Adult
Architectural Accessibility - standards
Attitude to Health
Case-Control Studies
Colorado
Community Health Planning
Disabled Persons - psychology
Discriminant Analysis
Efficiency, Organizational
Environment
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Health Facility Environment - standards
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility - standards
Humans
Male
Models, Organizational
Needs Assessment
Psychometrics
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
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