title: Reliability of the Body Awareness Scale-Health.
abstract: In physical therapy the clinical assessment Body Awareness Scale-Health (BAS-H) focusing on the quality of movements and movement behaviour has previously been studied for validity. The aim of this study was to address the inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability in three groups. The groups assessed were: patients in psychiatric care with eating disorders (n = 26), patients in rehabilitation of prolonged musculoskeletal pain (n = 22) and healthy individuals (n = 22). Results revealed inter-rater reliability (n = 70) of the BAS-H total to be 79.9 % with acceptable agreement (accepting one scale-step of difference) and 48.7% with perfect agreement. Weighted Kappa ranged between 0.34 and 0.92. Test-retest reliability (n = 54) as a mean for both raters were found to be 90.5% for the BAS-H total with acceptable agreement and 60.4% with perfect agreement. Weighted Kappa ranged between 0.65 and 0.92. The BAS-H seems to be a reliable assessment in the rehabilitation of patient with prolonged pain, psychiatric disorders and healthy controls when used according to the manual. The authors, however, suggest some revisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. amanda.lundvik_gyllensten@sjukgym.lu.se
authors.forename: Amanda Lundvik
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gyllensten
authors.forename: Maria N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ovesson
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lindström
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ekdahl
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015588:Observer Variation; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011434:Proprioception; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D016896:Treatment Outcome