Kleu Functional Assessment Scale Essay

ABSTRACT
Background: Functional activities practiced in Indian scenario differ in many ways in comparison to other countries. Majority of the functional assessment scales were developed in western nations pertaining to their activities. However, no functional scales have been developed addressing the needs of the Indian population. The scale is developed to assess the independence in physical and cognitive function.
Methodology: The KLEU Functional Assessment Scale (KLEUFAS) was developed using a multistep method, divided into three phases: phase 1, Conceptualization and item generation; phase 2, Item reduction, allocation of items to domains and validation of the questionnaire; and phase 3, Repeatability and responsiveness testing of final version of the questionnaire.

1. In conceptualization, a functional scale was designed with set of common functions performed in the urban and rural population in India.
2. Review of presently used functional scale that measures the activity of daily living.
3. Multidisciplinary team meeting to generate items for the questionnaire which included physiotherapist from different departments such as Neurology, Cardio respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Community, Geriatrics, Sports, Women’s health, Pediatrics and Medical social workers.
All the items included in this functional outcome scale were uni-dimensional. Initially 10 physical domains with 39 items were generated under physical function assessment. There was another domain which was to include any other physical activities different from the above. 6 domains with 15 items in cognitive function were generated by the authors.

Phase 2: Item addition, and validation of the