Reliability of the Body Awareness Scale-Health.
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.
Gyllensten
Amanda Lundvik
AL
Department of Physical Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. amanda.lundvik_gyllensten@sjukgym.lu.se
Ovesson
Maria N
MN
Lindström
Inger
I
Hansson
Lars
L
Ekdahl
Charlotte
C
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