| Objective: To investigate the clinical value of Long's activity of daily living (ADL) scale, and analyze its scientificity as well as convenience, and its clinical substitutability for barthel indexes. Methods: The patients with ADL dysfunction from the rehabilitation and orthopaedic department were enrolled in this study. The patients were assessed by the Long's ADL scale and Barthel index. The Long's ADL scale was used to classify the patients into bed people, family people and social people. The Scientificity of Long's ADL scale was analyzed by Cronbach's α, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test and Barlett test. Spearman correlation analysis was carried out on the results of Long's ADL scale and Barthel index to determine their correlation. The convenience and practicality of Long's ADL scale were tested by the consistency of the results from professionals and non professionals. Result: The Cronbach's α of bed people, family people and social people was higher than 0.7, suggesting high reliability, and the KMO and Barthel tests verified the high validity of three features of Long's ADL scale (P<0.05). The Long's ADL scale and Barthel index showed a close linear correlation. The results of professionals and non-professionals showed no significant difference in collecting the data using Long's ADL scale. Compared with the Barthel index, the Long's scale significantly shortened the evaluation time (P<0.05). Compared with non-professionals, the professional evaluation took less time (P<0.05). Conclusion: The Long's ADL scale had higher reliability and validity as well as a close relationship with Barthel index, and had more consistency between professionals and non professionals, suggesting that the Long's ADL scale had an important clinical value. |
