Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART)
Overview
- Purpose
- The Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) is designed to assess how people with disabilities function as active members of their communities.
- Administration Method
- Interview
- Administration Modes
- Phone
- In-person
- Item Count
- 19
- Population
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Instrument Citation(s)
Whiteneck, G., Charlifue, S., et al. (1992). "Guide for use of the CHART: Craig handicap assessment and reporting technique." Englewood (CO): Craig Hospital.
Retrived from https://craighospital.org/uploads/CraigHospital.CHARTManual.pdf 
Instrument Domains
| Domain | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Community Inclusion | 8 |
| Employment | 1 |
| Meaningful activity | 6 |
| Social connectedness and relationships | 2 |
| Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 |
| Service Delivery and Effectiveness | 3 |
| Delivery | 3 |
| Person's needs met and goals realized | 0 |
| Caregiver Support | 0 |
| Access to resources | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support involvement | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support wellbeing | 0 |
| Training and skill-building | 0 |
| Choice and Control | 0 |
| Choice of services and supports | 0 |
| Personal choices and goals | 0 |
| Personal freedoms and dignity of risk | 0 |
| Self-direction | 0 |
| Consumer Leadership in System Development | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful caregiver involvement | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| System supports meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| Equity | 0 |
| Availability | 0 |
| Equitable access and resource allocation | 0 |
| Transparency and consistency | 0 |
| Fluctuation of Need | 0 |
| Holistic Health and Functioning | 0 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 0 |
| Individual health and functioning | 0 |
| Human and Legal Rights | 0 |
| Freedom from abuse and neglect | 0 |
| Informed decision-making | 0 |
| Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights | 0 |
| Privacy | 0 |
| Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights | 0 |
| Level of Caregiver Well-Being | 0 |
| Person-Centered Planning and Coordination | 0 |
| Assessment | 0 |
| Coordination | 0 |
| Person-centered planning | 0 |
| System Performance and Accountability | 0 |
| Data management and use | 0 |
| Evidence-based practice | 0 |
| Financing and service delivery structures | 0 |
| Workforce | 0 |
| Adequately compensated with benefits | 0 |
| Culturally competent | 0 |
| Demonstrated competencies when appropriate | 0 |
| Person-centered approach to services | 0 |
| Safety of and respect for the worker | 0 |
| Staff Turnover | 0 |
| Sufficient workforce numbers dispersion and availability | 0 |
| Workforce engagement and participation | 0 |
Psychometric Citation
Tozato, F., Tobimatsu, Y., et al. (2005). Reliability and validity of the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique for Japanese individuals with spinal cord injury. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 205(4),357-366.https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.205.357
- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- Japanese
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=42.5 years; Range 22 to 78 years;Test Retest Reliability group- Mean 38.3 years;
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
Japan
- Sample: Disability Type
Physical Disability
- Sample: Gender (%male)
83.30%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
Not Reported
- Sample: Sampling Strategy
Convenience Sample
- Sample: Size
293
- Reliability: Test-retest
Pearson r item correlations between tests (r=.53 to 1.0)
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
Significant discriminant validity between employed and unemployed for time after injury, age at injury, barthel index, and Frenchay activities index variables
- Study design
- Cross-Sectional