Validation of the telephone-based assessment of locomotion ability after stroke

The aim of the study was to validate the telephone-based application of the ABILOCO questionnaire for the assessment of locomotion ability after stroke. Individuals after stroke answered the ABILOCO-Brazil questionnaire on two randomized occasions, face-to-face and by telephone, 5–7 days apart. The mean difference between the interviews was reported. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to investigate the agreement between the total scores, and weighted-Kappa statistics to investigate the agreement between the individual items. A total of 92 individuals were included. There was no significant difference in the mean scores between face-to-face and telephone-based applications of the ABILOCO [mean difference 0.17 logits; 95% confidence interval (CI), −0.88 to 0.54]. A high level of agreement was found between the ABILOCO total scores obtained between both applications (ICC = 0.90; 95% CI, 0.84–0.93), and most of the individual items had, on average, moderate agreement. The ABILOCO showed to be a reliable questionnaire for telephone assessment of locomotion ability after stroke.
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Brief Research Report Source Type: research