Interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
dc.contributor.author | Spirtos, Michelle | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Mahony, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Malone, Jeni | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-01T10:44:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-01T10:44:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02-01T10:44:42Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | Am J Occup Ther. 2011 Jul-Aug;65(4):378-83. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-9490 (Print) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0272-9490 (Linking) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.pmid | 21834452 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/207787 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: We examined the interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function. METHOD: Three occupational therapists independently scored 34 videotaped assessments of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged 6 yr, 1 mo, to 14 yr, 5 mo. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) at a 95% confidence interval were calculated for total scores, category scores, and item scores. RESULTS: The correlation between raters' total scores was high (ICC = .961). The highest correlation for test components between raters was found for fluency (ICC = .902), followed by range of movement (ICC = .866), and the lowest correlation was found for quality of movement (ICC = .683). The ICCs for individual test item scores varied and ranged from .368 to .899. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated high interrater reliability for total scores, with scoring of some individual components and items requiring further consideration from both a clinical and a research perspective. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Cerebral Palsy/*physiopathology | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Hemiplegia/*physiopathology/*rehabilitation | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Observer Variation | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Occupational Therapy/*methods | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | *Upper Extremity | en_GB |
dc.title | Interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. | en_GB |
dc.contributor.department | Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James, Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. spirtosa@tcd.ie | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | The American journal of occupational therapy. : official publication of the, American Occupational Therapy Association | en_GB |
dc.description.province | Leinster | |
html.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: We examined the interrater reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function. METHOD: Three occupational therapists independently scored 34 videotaped assessments of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged 6 yr, 1 mo, to 14 yr, 5 mo. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) at a 95% confidence interval were calculated for total scores, category scores, and item scores. RESULTS: The correlation between raters' total scores was high (ICC = .961). The highest correlation for test components between raters was found for fluency (ICC = .902), followed by range of movement (ICC = .866), and the lowest correlation was found for quality of movement (ICC = .683). The ICCs for individual test item scores varied and ranged from .368 to .899. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated high interrater reliability for total scores, with scoring of some individual components and items requiring further consideration from both a clinical and a research perspective. |