Testing the validity, reliability and utility of the Self-Administration of Medication (SAM) tool in patients undergoing rehabilitation

Abstract

Background: Determination of patients' ability to self-administer medications in the hospital has largely been determined using the subjective judgment of health professionals. Objectives: To examine the validity, reliability and utility of the Self-Administration of Medication (SAM) tool as an objective means to determine patients' ability to self-administer in a rehabilitation unit of a public teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Methods: To assess validity of the SAM tool, associations were examined between the total SAM tool score and of the patients' competence to self-administer from the perceptions of the tool administrator, patients and nurses. Validity also was determined from..