title: Interrater reliability of a new handwriting assessment battery for adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to develop, pilot, and evaluate the interrater reliability of a new Handwriting Assessment Battery for adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Test development included item selection and interrater reliability involving two raters.
  
  
  METHODS
  The test assessed pen control and manipulation, writing speed, and writing legibility. Ten people with brain injury completed the test with two occupational therapists independently rating 10 writing samples. Results were analyzed for reliability using kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC2,1).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pen control and manipulation subtests showed high to perfect agreement (line drawing subtest, kappa = 1.0; dot subtest, kappa = 0.80). The speed subtest showed perfect agreement (ICC= 1.0). Writing legibility showed high agreement for all five subtests (ICC = 0.71-0.83), although a ceiling effect was evident for two subtests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the test showed excellent interrater reliability, further reliability and validity testing are needed before the test is used clinically.
authors.affiliation: Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathrine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Faddy
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McCluskey
authors.forename: Natasha A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Lannin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015588:Observer Variation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D055815:Young Adult