Introduction to the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique - Short Form

In 2000, the developers of CHART (Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique), designed and tested the CHART Short Form (SF). To reduce the number of questions in CHART a multi-dimensional analysis plan was designed. First, using data already gathered from a previous study, item-scale and item-total correlation coefficients were calculated for each scale. Second, regression analysis was performed on each subscale with the dependent measure being the scale score and the variables contributing to the subscale acting as the predictor variables. It was hypothesized that each subscale score could be accurately be predicted by fewer items. With two exceptions, the only variables that were selected to be in a subscale were those that entered into a stepwise regression model together explaining over 90% of the variance. Third, once the items had been selected for each subscale, the items were re-scored. Each subscale was computed to have a maximum score of 100, which indicates no handicap in that domain. Furthermore, efforts were made to keep all of the score weightings of the variables proportionate to the original weightings. Fourth, the CHART Short Form items and scoring were evaluated on 1800 persons that contributed to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's survey of Colorado residents. As a result, the CHART SF has 19 items that yield the same subscales as the original CHART (32 items).

Information regarding the CHART-SF was provided by Craig Hospital. Please contact Dave Mellick, MA, at for more information. © Copyright 1988, 1992, 1996 Craig Hospital

If you find the information in the COMBI useful, please mention it when citing sources of information. The information on the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique - Short Form may be cited as:

Mellick, D. (2000). The Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique - Short Form. The Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury. http://www.tbims.org/combi/chartsf ( accessed ).*

*Note: This citation is for the COMBI web material. Mr. Mellick is not the scale author for the CHART-SF.