title: The activities-specific balance confidence scale and berg balance scale: Reliability and validity in Arabic-speaking vestibular patients.
abstract: Persons with vestibular disorders are susceptible to imbalance. The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) have been validated in persons with vestibular disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Arabic versions of ABC and BBS among Arabic-speaking persons with vestibular disorders in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the A-ABC and A-BBS were administered to a convenience sample of 82 persons with vestibular disorders (age = 43 ± 14), (56% female). The test-retest reliability of the A-ABC item and total score as well as the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the A-BBS total score reflected high agreement. Significant and large correlations were found between the A-ABC and the A-BBS (r= 0.54, P< 0.05), the A-ABC and the Arabic Dizziness Handicap Inventory (A-DHI) (r= -0.76, P< 0.05), and the A-BBS and the A-DHI (r= -0.56, P< 0.05). The A-ABC and the A-BBS demonstrated good reliability and validity and can be utilized with Arabic-speaking persons with vestibular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Alia A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alghwiri
authors.affiliation: College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmad H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Alghadir
authors.affiliation: ORL-HNS Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Murad O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Al-Momani
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.|Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Whitney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018912:Arabs; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004244:Dizziness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D004856:Postural Balance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Arabic; Vestibular disorders; adaptation; measurements