Assessing the Reliability and Validity of a Physical Therapy Functional Measurement Tool—the Modified Iowa Level of Assistance Scale—in Acute Hospital Inpatients

Abstract

The mILOA has excellent interrater reliability and good known-groups validity and responsiveness to functional change across acute hospital inpatients with a variety of diagnoses. It may provide opportunities for physical therapists to collect a functional outcome measure to demonstrate the effectiveness of inpatient therapy and allow for benchmarking across institutions.