Reliability of functional outcome measures in adults with neurofibromatosis 2
Author(s)
Mullin, Rebecca Louise
Smith, Rebecca
Wood, Susan
Swampillai, Angela
Afridi, Shazia
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Objective:
To determine inter- and intra-rater reliability of functional performance outcome measures in people with neurofibromatosis 2. To ascertain how closely objective and subjective measures align.
Methods:
Twenty-nine people with neurofibromatosis 2 were recorded performing the modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance, four square step test and modified nine-hole peg tests. Three raters scored each measure to determine inter-rater reliability. One rater scored the measures a second time to determine intra-rater reliability. Participants also completed a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire and dynamic visual acuity testing.
Results:
Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability scores (intra-class correlation coefficient) were excellent for all tests (intra-class correlation coefficient r ⩾ 0.9). The four square step test correlated with perceived walking challenges and modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance correlated with perceived balance challenges in a neurofibromatosis 2 quality of life patient report outcome measure.
Conclusion:
The modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance, four square step test and modified nine-hole peg tests are potentially useful measures for monitoring neurofibromatosis 2.
To determine inter- and intra-rater reliability of functional performance outcome measures in people with neurofibromatosis 2. To ascertain how closely objective and subjective measures align.
Methods:
Twenty-nine people with neurofibromatosis 2 were recorded performing the modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance, four square step test and modified nine-hole peg tests. Three raters scored each measure to determine inter-rater reliability. One rater scored the measures a second time to determine intra-rater reliability. Participants also completed a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire and dynamic visual acuity testing.
Results:
Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability scores (intra-class correlation coefficient) were excellent for all tests (intra-class correlation coefficient r ⩾ 0.9). The four square step test correlated with perceived walking challenges and modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance correlated with perceived balance challenges in a neurofibromatosis 2 quality of life patient report outcome measure.
Conclusion:
The modified clinical test of sensory integration and balance, four square step test and modified nine-hole peg tests are potentially useful measures for monitoring neurofibromatosis 2.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2022-07-22
Citation
SAGE Open Medicine, 2022, 10
ISSN
2050-3121
Publisher
SAGE Publishing
Journal / Book Title
SAGE Open Medicine
Volume
10
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2022 Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage)
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36003079
PII: 10.1177_20503121221118996
Subjects
BALANCE
CLINICAL-TEST
CONSENSUS
DYNAMIC VISUAL-ACUITY
General & Internal Medicine
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
minimal detectable change
MOBILITY
Neurofibromatosis 2
NF2
outcome measures
PEOPLE
QUALITY-OF-LIFE
reliability
Science & Technology
standard error of measurement
TESTS
VALIDITY
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
20503121221118996
Date Publish Online
2022-08-19