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- Title
The inter-rater reliability of the Italian version of Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) for acute ischemic stroke.
- Authors
Panebianco, Mariangela; Zavanone, Chiara; Dupont, Sophie; Perrone, Patrizia; Pavone, Antonino; Napolitano, Salvo; Leger, Anne; Samson, Yves
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) is a screening questionnaire used for examining language in acute stroke patients. The ART was initially developed and validated in French. The purpose of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability of Italian ART.<bold>Methods: </bold>The original version of the ART was translated into Italian. The inter-rater reliability was assessed by two independent neurologists who were blind to each other's ratings in 52 acute post-stroke patients.<bold>Results: </bold>The 52 patients (28 men, 24 women; mean age 73.73 ± 28.99 years) were included within 1 week of stroke onset (46 ischemic, 6 hemorrhagic), as assessed by clinical examination and confirmed by CT and/or MRI. The mean (± SD) ART value was 9.38 (± 9.26) for rater 1 and 9 (±9.31) for rater 2. The inter-rater agreement was very good, with a coefficient of concordance of 0.99 (95% CI 0.986-0.995; p < 0.0001) and a weighted kappa of 0.878 and a quadratic weighted kappa of 0.983.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This study showed that the cross-cultural adaptation of the French version of the ART was successful in an Italian-speaking population.
- Subjects
ITALY; APHASIA; STROKE; STROKE patients; INTER-observer reliability; QUESTIONNAIRES; ITALIAN language; DIAGNOSIS of aphasia; RESEARCH evaluation; LANGUAGE &; languages; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH bias; TRANSLATIONS; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2019, Vol 40, Issue 10, p2171
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-019-03931-2