ABSTRACT

Objective : This review of occupational therapy evaluation tools used in Korea highlights the lack of task performance assessments. This study aimed to develop the Korean Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (K-PASS) as a tool to evaluate functional mobility, self-care, and activities of daily living in patients with central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Methods : The K-PASS was developed in two phases. Phase 1 involved translating the original scale into Korean, validating its appropriateness through an expert panel, assessing the comprehensibility of the translation, performing back-translation, and reviewing the back-translation for accuracy. Phase 2 focused on testing the validity and reliability of K-PASS.Results : Several tasks were adapted for the Korean context. Content validity assessment yielded a scale-level content validity index (CVI) of 0.92, with item-level CVIs ranging from 0.80 to 1.00. Known-groups validity testing showed statistically significant differences between CNS disease patients and healthy adults (p < 0.001). Internal consistency reliability was excellent, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.988.Conclusion : The K-PASS was developed as a culturally adapted version, demonstrating strong validity and reliability for evaluating the performance of daily self-care tasks in patients with CNS diseases in clinical settings.