From the procedure for evaluating the functional capacity
of a patient in rehabilitation, developed by Granger, Cotter,
Hamilton, Fielder, and Hans (1990) and adapted by Park
and Sohng (2005), 6 categories for self-care for an acute
stroke patient were used to measure the ADL23, 24). Included
in the self-care categories were eating, personal hygiene,
bathing, dressing oneself (top and bottom), and using the
toilet, with scores ranging from 7 to 42. Higher score indicated
higher level of independence, and the reliability of the
measure was good, with a Cronbach’s α of 0.95.