Interrater Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function for Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy.

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 coe...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 378 - 384
Autores principales: Spirtos, Michelle, O'Mahony, Paul, Malone, Jeni
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Publicado: American Occupational Therapy Association Jul/Aug2011
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          Spirtos, Michelle
          O'Mahony, Paul
          Malone, Jeni
        affil: Lecturer, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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          Instrument Validation
          Occupational Therapy Assessment Evaluation
          Cerebral Palsy Epidemiology
          Hemiplegia Epidemiology
          Motor Skills Evaluation
          Task Performance and Analysis Evaluation
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          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Validation Studies
          Interrater Reliability
          Videorecording
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Confidence Intervals
          Descriptive Statistics
          Child
          Adolescence
          Correlational Studies
          Convenience Sample
          Male
          Female
          Data Analysis, Statistical
          Data Analysis Software
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: 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.
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