Ann Rehabil Med.  2013 Feb;37(1):72-81. 10.5535/arm.2013.37.1.72.

Korean Version of the ABILOCO Questionnaire in the Assessment of Locomotion in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients

• Lee WJ
• Park GY
• Han ZA
• Kim HW
• Cho SU
• Oh SJ
• Oh HM
• Im S

• KMID: 2266653
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2013.37.1.72

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Korean version of the ABILOCO questionnaire (K-ABILOCO).
METHODS
The original ABILOCO questionnaire was translated into Korean and back-translated into English. Stroke patients (n=30) with hemiplegia were evaluated using the K-ABILOCO at one week interval. At each visit, the physiatrist also evaluated patient performance of the activities described in the K-ABILOCO, and the total logit scores were recorded. The total scores were used to evaluate intraclass correlation (ICC). Test-retest scores and each test scores were compared to obtain the intra- and inter-rater reliability.
RESULTS
The K-ABILOCO showed good intra-rater correlation at one week interval in both patient and physiatrist evaluations (ICC=0.81, 0.91), respectively. It also showed a high inter-rater correlation between the patient and physiatrist at both the first and second visits (ICC=0.76, 0.84), respectively.
CONCLUSION
The K-ABILOCO is a useful tool that may reliably evaluate the locomotion ability in hemiplegic stroke patients.

Keyword

Questionnaires; Stroke; Locomotion

MeSH Terms

Hemiplegia
Humans
Locomotion
Stroke
Surveys and Questionnaires

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Scatter plot of reproducibility and reliability with a linear regression adjusted to fit the data. All scores from the Korean version of ABILOCO questionnaire are expressed in logits. (A) Intra-rater reproducibility in patient, (B) intrarater reproducibility in doctor, (C) inter-rater reliability between doctor and patient at first visit, (D) inter-rater reliability between doctor and patient at second visit, (E) inter-rater reliability between observer and patient at second visit, and (F) inter-rater reliability between observer and doctor at second visit. t1, first visit; t2, second visit after 1 week; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient.

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