Reproducibility of the ABILOCO Questionnaire and Comparison Between Self-Reported and Observed Locomotion Ability in Adult Patients With Stroke
Abstract
Caty GD, Theunissen E, Lejeune TM. Reproducibility of the ABILOCO questionnaire and comparison between self-reported and observed locomotion ability in adult patients with stroke.
Objectives
To test the reproducibility of the ABILOCO questionnaire. To validate the patient self-reporting method and the third-party assessment of the stroke patients' locomotion ability by a treating physical therapist.
Design
Prospective study.
Setting
University hospital.
Participants
Adult stroke patients (N=28; 59±13y). The time since stroke ranged from 3 to 253 weeks.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measure
The ABILOCO questionnaire.
Results
The results of patient self-assessment and the results of the third-party assessments by the physiotherapists at a 2-week interval were highly correlated (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.77 and ICC=.89, respectively). The results of the patient self-assessment and the third-party assessment by the physical therapist were both well correlated to assessment by an independent medical examiner who observed the patient during the 13 ABILOCO activities (ICC=.69 and ICC=.87, respectively).
Conclusions
The use of ABILOCO as a self-reporting questionnaire is a valid and reproducible method for assessing locomotion ability in patients with stroke in daily clinical practice and research.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Reprint requests to Thierry M. Lejeune, MD, PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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