Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years
Aim: To investigate reliability of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) scores for children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 212 years. Method: Thirty-one QUESTs from 24 children with CP were rated once by two raters and twice by one rater. Internal consistency of total scores, inter- and...
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| description | Aim: To investigate reliability of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) scores for children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 212 years. Method: Thirty-one QUESTs from 24 children with CP were rated once by two raters and twice by one rater. Internal consistency of total scores, inter- and intra-rater reliability findings for total, domain, and item scores were calculated. Results: Total scores inter-rater reliability, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was 0.86, and for intra-rater reliability, ICC was 0.96. Domains had high reliability (ICC > 0.80) within raters and between raters except for grasp (moderate at ICC = 0.67). Item inter-rater reliability was moderate or better for 80% of items; item intra-rater reliability was moderate or better for 87% of items. Total score internal consistency was high (a = 0.97). Implications: The QUEST has proven reliability for children with CP aged 18 months to 8 years. This study demonstrates strong reliability for children aged 212 years. © 2012 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-399662017-09-13T15:06:35Z Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years Thorley, M. Lannin, N. Cusick, A. Novak, I. Boyd, Roslyn Aim: To investigate reliability of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) scores for children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 212 years. Method: Thirty-one QUESTs from 24 children with CP were rated once by two raters and twice by one rater. Internal consistency of total scores, inter- and intra-rater reliability findings for total, domain, and item scores were calculated. Results: Total scores inter-rater reliability, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was 0.86, and for intra-rater reliability, ICC was 0.96. Domains had high reliability (ICC > 0.80) within raters and between raters except for grasp (moderate at ICC = 0.67). Item inter-rater reliability was moderate or better for 80% of items; item intra-rater reliability was moderate or better for 87% of items. Total score internal consistency was high (a = 0.97). Implications: The QUEST has proven reliability for children with CP aged 18 months to 8 years. This study demonstrates strong reliability for children aged 212 years. © 2012 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39966 10.3109/01942638.2011.602389 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Thorley, M. Lannin, N. Cusick, A. Novak, I. Boyd, Roslyn Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title | Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title_full | Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title_fullStr | Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title_short | Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
| title_sort | reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years |
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