Galloway, AM, Killan, EC orcid.org/0000-0002-4306-9927 and McHugh, GA orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-5885 (2019) The inter-rater reliability of the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment tool after brain surgery. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 26 (12). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1741-1645
Abstract
Background/Aims
Falls are a significant cause of hospital admissions in the UK and require clinically reasoned intervention from the multidisciplinary team to ensure the patient receives an effective and efficient treatment, including physiotherapy. This study aimed to assess the inter-rater reliability of the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment in patients who had recently undergone brain surgery.
Methods
A prospective inter-rater reliability study involving 18 male and 12 female patients aged between 27 and 87 years who had recently undergone brain surgery was conducted. Three raters of varying clinical physiotherapy experience assessed participants using the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment on an acute neurosurgical ward. Inter-rater reliability was measured using Bland–Altman plots and intraclass correlation coefficients.
Results
Bland–Altman plots and intraclass correlation coefficient values demonstrated excellent inter-rater reliability, regardless of the age and sex of the patients or the clinical experience of the rater.
Conclusions
Results suggest that the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment is a potentially useful tool for assessing patients, particularly for the risk of falls, following brain surgery. Future research is needed to determine other clinimetric properties of this outcome measure before wider implementation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © MA Healthcare Limited. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Brain surgery; Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment; falls; neurosurgery; inter-rater reliability |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Adult (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) > Specialist Science Education Dept (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 May 2019 09:31 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Mark Allen Healthcare |
Identification Number: | 10.12968/ijtr.2018.0135 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146196 |