Reliability of Berg Balance Scale in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2016.03.014
- VernacularTitle:Berg平衡量表应用于帕金森病患者的信度分析
- Author:
Yaqin YANG
;
Yanan ZHOU
;
Deli XING
;
Tao FENG
;
Yongjun WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Parkinson's disease;
balance;
Berg Balance Scale;
reliability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2016;22(3):303-305
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the reliability of Berg Balance Scale (BBS) applied in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods 121 PD inpatients from March to December, 2011 were assessed with BBS by 2 raters, and the testing procedure was videoed. One of the raters assessed with BBS via video 4 weeks later. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Kappa coefficient between raters and between tests were investigated. Results The ICC was 1.00 of the total score between raters and 0.99 between tests, while the Kappa co-efficient were 0.66 to 0.93 and 0.69 to 0.99 of the items. Conclusion BBS is reliable in interrater and test-retest as applied in PD patients.
