title: The measurement properties of the Swedish version of the Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to validate the Swedish translation of the Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills (ACIS-S) and its applicability in Sweden. The ACIS is an observational rating scale designed to capture, in detail, a person's social interactional ability, while he/she is participating in meaningful occupations. Eighteen occupational therapists trained in administering the ACIS-S, completed 157 ACIS-S assessments of 67 subjects with psychosocial and learning disabilities. Many-faceted Rasch analysis was used to analyse the data. The results supported internal, construct and person response validity of the ACIS-S, and rater validity and reliability. The scale effectively categorized subjects according to the levels of communication and interaction ability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion, Section of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. anette.kjellberg@inr.liu.se
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kjellberg
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haglund
authors.forename: Kirsty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Forsyth
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kielhofner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D019370:Observation / Q000379:methods; D015588:Observer Variation; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009790:Occupations; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013548:Sweden; D014175:Translating