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- Title
Inter-Observer Reliability of Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure in Children with Brachial Plexus Palsy.
- Authors
Hosbay, Zeynep; Ozkan, Safiye; Tanriverdi, Muberra; Aydin, Atakan
- Abstract
Aim: Many scales have developed to assess daily living activities, clinical functions of patients with brachial plexus palsy. "Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure " was developed by Emily Ho in 2012, activity and self-rating substance scale consisting of components total 14 items. Aim of this study, make an inter- observer reliability of scale, to make clinical trial in patients. Patients and Methods: Demographic and clinic datas recorded,"Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure "was applied by two different observers between 2016-2017. Inter-observer reliability in items examined by using kappa statistic. Inter-observer reliability in items examined by using kappa statistic. Results: Eighteen female (37.5%) totally 48 patients included. Mean inter-observer agreement in the items was almost perfect (kappa 0.93) in raters. Fitted statistics showed much variation in observers had moderate (kappa 0.57) agreement in items. Conclusion: Between observes, "Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure" is reliable measurement for assessing functions in children with brachial plexus palsy in Turkey. Clinical usage is appropriate.
- Subjects
TURKEY; BRACHIAL plexus; INTER-observer reliability; PARALYSIS; ACTIVITIES of daily living
- Publication
Selcuk University Medical Journal, 2019, Vol 35, Issue 3, p165
- ISSN
1017-6616
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30733/std.2019.01293