Reliability Test of Korean Version of Berg Balance Scale.
- Author:
Han Young JUNG
1
;
Jin Hee PARK
;
Jae Jin SHIM
;
Myung Jong KIM
;
Mi Ryoung HWANG
;
See Hyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Korea. rmjung@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Berg balance scale (BBS);
Translation;
Reliability;
Stroke;
Rehabilitation
- MeSH:
Education;
Humans;
Physical Therapists;
Rehabilitation;
Stroke
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2006;30(6):611-618
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to translate the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) to the Korean version (K-BBS) and to evaluate its reliability. METHOD: With the agreement of Katherine Berg, the original editor of the BBS, two physiatrists and three physical therapists had translated the English version of BBS into Korean (K-BBS). This was back-translated into English by a Korean-American physiatrist fluent in English. After a 2- hour K-BBS education course, the video recorded K-BBS of 18 stroke patients were reviewed by nine examiners (four physiatrists and five physical therapists) to assess the inter- rater and the intra-rater reliability. Kendall's correlation coefficient and Pearson's correlation coefficient were computed to assess the intra-rater and test-retest reliability, respectively. RESULTS: The inter-rater reliability was 0.97 at 2 separate evaluations with an interval of 10 days (p<0.05). The intra- rater reliability was 0.95 (p<0.05) in the physiatrist group and 0.97 (p<0.05) in the physical therapist group. CONCLUSION: We recommend that the Korean version of the Berg balance scale is a reliable instrument to be used in balance assessment of stroke patients.
