Development, Reliability and Validity of Scales for Assessment of Walking Level in Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward
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- Mochizuki Akira
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seirei Fukuroi Municipal Hospital
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- Toyoda Takanobu
- Department of Rehabilitation, Seirei Fukuroi Municipal Hospital
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- Kamiya Koki
- Department of Rehabilitation, Seirei Fukuroi Municipal Hospital
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- Suzuki Mihoko
- Seirei Tri-Support Wago
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- Yoshimoto Yoshinobu
- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Seirei Christopher University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 回復期リハビリテーション病棟での歩行レベル評価尺度Walking LEVEL Scale(WaLS)の開発と信頼性・妥当性の検討
Abstract
<p>Objective:To evaluate the reliability and concurrent validity of the Walking LEVEL Scale (WaLS) in patients hospitalized in a Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward (CRW).</p><p>Design:The WaLS was used as an assessment scale to categorize the walking ability of patients in a CRW.</p><p>Subjects/Patients:A total of 103 patients in a CRW were included in the study.</p><p>Methods:Retest and inter-rater reliability were evaluated by using the WaLS to assess patients by the same rater and by two independent raters using the weighted kappa coefficient. Spearman correlation was used to assess the correlation between the WaLS and FIM-walk item scores and the WaLS and FAC scores (i.e., concurrent validity).</p><p>Results:The retest and inter-rater reliability of the WaLS (weighted kappa coefficient) was 0.989 (p<0.01) and 0.951 (p<0.01), respectively. The WaLS scores were also significantly correlated with the FIM-walk item (p=0.916, p<0.01) and FAC scores (p=0.919, p<0.01).</p><p>Conclusion:The WaLS was found to demonstrate good reliability and concurrent validity in patients hospitalized in CRW.</p>
Journal
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- The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
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The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine advpub (0), 2024-04-18
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390581323912160384
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- ISSN
- 18818560
- 18813526
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed