Korean Version of the ABILOCO Questionnaire in the Assessment of Locomotion in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients

Won Joon Lee; Geun Young Park; Zee A Han; Hye Won Kim; Sei Un Cho; Seon Jeong Oh; Hyun Mi Oh; Sun Im

doi:10.5535/arm.2013.37.1.72

Korean Version of the ABILOCO Questionnaire in the Assessment of Locomotion in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients

Ann Rehabil Med. 2013 Feb;37(1):72-81. doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.1.72. Epub 2013 Feb 28.

Authors

Won Joon Lee¹, Geun Young Park, Zee A Han, Hye Won Kim, Sei Un Cho, Seon Jeong Oh, Hyun Mi Oh, Sun Im

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Korean version of the ABILOCO questionnaire (K-ABILOCO).

Methods: The original ABILOCO questionnaire was translated into Korean and back-translated into English. Stroke patients (n=30) with hemiplegia were evaluated using the K-ABILOCO at one week interval. At each visit, the physiatrist also evaluated patient performance of the activities described in the K-ABILOCO, and the total logit scores were recorded. The total scores were used to evaluate intraclass correlation (ICC). Test-retest scores and each test scores were compared to obtain the intra- and inter-rater reliability.

Results: The K-ABILOCO showed good intra-rater correlation at one week interval in both patient and physiatrist evaluations (ICC=0.81, 0.91), respectively. It also showed a high inter-rater correlation between the patient and physiatrist at both the first and second visits (ICC=0.76, 0.84), respectively.

Conclusion: The K-ABILOCO is a useful tool that may reliably evaluate the locomotion ability in hemiplegic stroke patients.

Keywords: Locomotion; Questionnaires; Stroke.