Reliability of family report for the Gross Motor Function Classification System

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
C MorrisPeter L Rosenbaum

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of family reports for the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), a condition-specific discriminative measure of severity of movement disability for children with cerebral palsy (CP). We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a short questionnaire with families of children with CP for whom we already had ratings of GMFCS level made by a health professional. We assessed the potentially confounding effect of whether the family had discussed the GMFCS with a professional. Two hundred and one questionnaires were posted to families of which 97 (48%) were completed and returned. Mean age of the children (53 males, 40 females) was 9 years 5 months (SD 1 year 1 month), range 6 to 11 years. Children of the families who responded encompassed the spectrum of types and distribution of impairment and severity of movement disability. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of agreement between professionals and families who had discussed their child's GMFCS level with a health professional (n=35) was 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.96 to 0.98); for those who had not (n=52) the ICC was 0.92 (95% CI 0.91 to 0.93); and for the whole sample (n=93) the ICC was 0.94 (95...Continue Reading

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