Rasch Validation and Comparison of the Mini-BESTest and S-BESTest in Patients with Stroke

CONCLUSION: The analyses confirmed that the reliability of S-BESTest was good and unidimensional and that the test provides several improved points, such as item redundancy and local independence of items. Nevertheless, the Mini-BESTest results supported previous findings as a whole and were better than those from the S-BESTest.IMPACT: Rasch analysis demonstrated that the Mini-BESTest was a better balance assessment scale than the S-BESTest for patients with stroke based on its psychometric properties. The Mini-BESTest may serve as a useful scale for assessing balance in patients with stroke, and a keyform plot and strata may help clinical decision making in terms of interpreting scores and goal setting.PMID:34972868 | DOI:10.1093/ptj/pzab295

Source: Health Physics - January 1, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Kazuhiro Miyata Satoshi Hasegawa Hiroki Iwamoto Yoichi Kaizu Tomohiro Otani Tomoyuki Shinohara Shigeru Usuda Source Type: research