Validation of a SOFMER Activity Scale

A person's dependency is defined as the total or partial inability to perform without helps the necessary activities of daily life due to activity limitations in the usual environment. The consequence is a restriction of participation. In physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM), dependency impacts the healthcare team activity at several levels: patient's referral and care plan, conditions of home return and resumption of course of life, burden of care assessment and care teams management... The main goal of this project is the validation of a score assessing physical and cognitive activities of patients in follow-up care and rehabilitation (FRC) departments based on the ICF model (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) : the SOFMER Activity Scale (SAS). We want to propose a French generic scale allowing quantifying precisely the dependence and burden of care of patients in FRC departments. This scale needs to be valid, easy to apply, easy to learn, reproducible, sensitive to change and common to adult subjects, children and elderly.