The reliability of the Chinese version of the kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaire among stroke patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2017.04.004
- VernacularTitle:中文版运动觉-视觉想象问卷在脑卒中患者中的信度
- Author:
Hua LIU
;
Jun ZHOU
;
Shaofeng YANG
;
Qingzhao SHI
;
Yuqi CHEN
;
Yang LI
;
Xiangjiang RONG
;
Tong ZHANG
- Keywords:
Kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaire;
Motor imagery ability;
Stroke;
Reliability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2017;39(4):259-263
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To develop kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaires applicable to Chinese stroke survivors and evaluate their test-retest reliability,inter-rater reliability and internal consistency.Methods The English version of a kinesthetic and visual imagery questionnaire (KVIQ) was translated into Chinese using wellaccepted questionnaire translation procedures.Thirty stroke survivors were each assessed twice using two versions of the translation (the KVIQ-20 and the KVIQ-10) by two experienced raters with an interval of 7 days between the tests.The test-retest reliability,inter-rater reliability and internal consistency of the visual imagery score (visual imagery subscale),the kinesthetic imagery score (kinesthetic imagery subscale) and the total scores for the KVIQ-20 and KVIQ-10 versions were analyzed.Results The test-retest coefficients,the inter-rater reliability correlation coefficients and Cronbach's alphas for the KVIQ-20 version ranged from 0.879 to 0.945,from 0.894 to 0.936 and from 0.867 to 0.919,respectively.The corresponding measurements for the KVIQ-10 vcrsion were 0.914 to 0.953,0.852 to 0.900 and 0.827 to 0.878.Conclusion Both the KVIQ-20 and KVIQ-10 Chinese instruments have shown good testretest and inter-rater reliability and good internal consistency in assessing stroke survivors.Either is an effective tool for assessing their motor imagery ability.
