title: The Rehabilitation Situations Inventory: staff perception of difficult behavioral situations in rehabilitation.
abstract: Development of an instrument to assess staff perception of the difficulty of typical rehabilitation situations involving patients, their families, and other staff is described. Use of the Rehabilitation Situations Inventory (RSI) with 177 staff in three facilities showed an instrument with high internal reliability and consistency across facilities. A decrease in perception of difficulty of situations with experience in rehabilitation was found. Preliminary evidence supports its usefulness as an instrument to assess which situations should be emphasized in staff training as well as an outcome measure for such training.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Umlauf
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Mermis
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000193:education*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000078329:Workforce