Korean Version of the ABILOCO Questionnaire in the Assessment of Locomotion in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients.
- Author:
Won Joon LEE
1
;
Geun Young PARK
;
Zee A HAN
;
Hye Won KIM
;
Sei Un CHO
;
Seon Jeong OH
;
Hyun Mi OH
;
Sun IM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Questionnaires; Stroke; Locomotion
- MeSH: Hemiplegia; Humans; Locomotion; Stroke; Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine 2013;37(1):72-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
