TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years
AU - Thorley, Megan
AU - Lannin, Natasha
AU - Cusick, Anne
AU - Novak, Iona
AU - Boyd, Roslyn
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Aim: To investigate reliability of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) scores for children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 212 years. Method: Thirty-one QUESTs from 24 children with CP were rated once by two raters and twice by one rater. Internal consistency of total scores, inter- and intra-rater reliability findings for total, domain, and item scores were calculated. Results: Total scores inter-rater reliability, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was 0.86, and for intra-rater reliability, ICC was 0.96. Domains had high reliability (ICC > 0.80) within raters and between raters except for grasp (moderate at ICC = 0.67). Item inter-rater reliability was moderate or better for 80% of items; item intra-rater reliability was moderate or better for 87% of items. Total score internal consistency was high (α = 0.97). Implications: The QUEST has proven reliability for children with CP aged 18 months to 8 years. This study demonstrates strong reliability for children aged 212 years.
AB - Aim: To investigate reliability of the Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST) scores for children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 212 years. Method: Thirty-one QUESTs from 24 children with CP were rated once by two raters and twice by one rater. Internal consistency of total scores, inter- and intra-rater reliability findings for total, domain, and item scores were calculated. Results: Total scores inter-rater reliability, Intra-class Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was 0.86, and for intra-rater reliability, ICC was 0.96. Domains had high reliability (ICC > 0.80) within raters and between raters except for grasp (moderate at ICC = 0.67). Item inter-rater reliability was moderate or better for 80% of items; item intra-rater reliability was moderate or better for 87% of items. Total score internal consistency was high (α = 0.97). Implications: The QUEST has proven reliability for children with CP aged 18 months to 8 years. This study demonstrates strong reliability for children aged 212 years.
KW - Cerebral palsy
KW - Motor development
KW - Psychometric testing
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U2 - 10.3109/01942638.2011.602389
DO - 10.3109/01942638.2011.602389
M3 - Article
C2 - 21838618
AN - SCOPUS:84855661423
SN - 0194-2638
VL - 32
SP - 4
EP - 21
JO - Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
JF - Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
IS - 1
ER -