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Table 1 Intra-rater reliability of amount of use and quality of use in the older age group

From: Observational skills assessment score: reliability in measuring amount and quality of use of the affected hand in unilateral cerebral palsy

 

Amount of use

Quality of use affected hand

 

Use of both hands (%)

Quality of reach (1–3)

Quality of grasp fingers (1–3)

Quality of grasp wrist (1–5)

Quality of hold fingers (1–4)

Quality of hold wrist (1–5)

Quality of release (1–4)

Making a sandwich

       

ICC

0.960

NE

0.977

0.972

0.900

0.987

0.960

95% CI

0.890-0.986

1 ch. diff.

0.936-0.992

0.922-0.990

0.741-0.964

0.963-0.995

0.890-0.986

Mean diff.

−0.12

0.00

0.01

0.00

−0.03

−0.02

−0.02

SD difference

1.64

0.01

0.06

0.27

0.19

0.18

0.09

Construction task small

       

ICC

0.857

0.899

0.976

0.992

0.878

0.999

0.844

95% CI

0.635-0.948

0.737-0.964

0.933-0.992

0.978-0.997

0.693-0.955

0.996-1.0

0.615-0.942

Mean diff.

0.87

0.00

−0.00

−0.02

−0.06

−0.02

−0.06

SD difference

2.02

0.04

0.05

0.14

0.16

0.05

0.16

Construction task large

       

ICC

0.953

NE

0.086

0.970

0.865

0.984

0.749

95% CI

0.873-0.983

1 ch. diff.

−0.390-0.539

0.920-0.989

0.655-0.951

0.956-0.994

0.429-0.903

Mean diff.

−0.30

0.04

−0.06

−0.07

0.07

−0.16

−0.07

SD difference

1.60

0.09

0.19

0.27

0.16

0.21

0.25

  1. ICC = intra class correlation; CI = confidence interval, SD = standard deviation, NE = not executable; 1 ch. diff. = the rater scored only 1 child differently.
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