PMID: 11926262Apr 3, 2002Paper

Inter-observer reliability of clinical outcome measures in a lower limb amputee population

Disability and Rehabilitation
M D GardinerL E Jones

Abstract

In an attempt to find a more clinically useful functional outcome measure specifically tailored for lower limb amputees undergoing inpatient prosthetic rehabilitation, a 6-month prospective assessment of inter-rater reliability for Harold Wood-Stanmore Mobility Scale Data, including two handicap scales, was undertaken. An analysis of the data is presented in this paper. An inter-rater reliability study was undertaken using four observers to complete admission and discharge scores for the three disability/handicap scales on 14 consecutive patients over 6 months. The disability mobility scale demonstrated perfect observer agreement on admission and at discharge the inter-rater reliability for this measure was high (0.83). By contrast, reliability between observers for admission scores on the handicap mobility scale was poor at 0.49 but reasonably high on discharge (0.83). On admission, inter-rater reliability for handicap physical independence was very low (0.15). At discharge, reliability improved to 0.69 being more consistent with results achieved for the other axes. This study confirms the good inter-rater reliability demonstrated previously in the literature but reveals poor inter-rater reliability for the two handicap scales...Continue Reading

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