Deans' stroke musings: Inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the postural assessment scale for stroke patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the postural assessment scale for stroke patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke

If you are doing inter-rater reliability it means your are not using an objective diagnosis. With no objective diagnosis you can't match protocols to an objective starting point and have efficacy ratings for that protocol. So useless crapola again. Two strikes against this; assessment, inter-ratings.

Inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the postural assessment scale for stroke patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 26(5) , Pgs. 366-372.

NARIC Accession Number: J81272. What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Bergqvist, Gunilla M.; Nasic, Salmir; Persson, Carina U..
Publication Year: 2019.
Number of Pages: 7.
Abstract: Study examined the inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke. Postural control refers to the ability to stabilize the body in everyday activities in lying, sitting, and standing. Day 3 to day 7 after admission to a stroke unit, 64 patients with stroke were assessed twice, using the SwePASS, by two physiotherapists. Inter-rater reliability was determined using percentage-agreement and the rank-invariant method: relative position, relative concentration, and relative rank variance. The raters showed a percentage agreement of at least 75 percent in the assessments using the SwePASS. For 9 of the 12 items, the percentage agreement was greater than 80 percent. For 8 of the 12 items, there was a statistically significant change in position, revealed in relative position values between 0.08 and 0.15. Three items had statistically significant positive relative concentration values between −0.11 and 0.10. Except for a statistically significant negligible relative variance value of 0.01 for the items 1 and 8, there was no relative variance. Overall, the SwePASS shows an acceptable inter-rater reliability, albeit with potential for improvement. The reliability can be improved by a consensus how to interpret the scale between the raters prior to implementation in the clinic.
Descriptor Terms: EQUILIBRIUM, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, MEASUREMENTS, MOTOR SKILLS, OUTCOMES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, POSTURE, STROKE.

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Citation: Bergqvist, Gunilla M., Nasic, Salmir, Persson, Carina U.. (2019). Inter-rater reliability of the Swedish modified version of the postural assessment scale for stroke patients (SwePASS) in the acute phase after stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 26(5), Pgs. 366-372. Retrieved 8/20/2019, from REHABDATA database.