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Reliability of the body awareness scale-health.

Lundvik Gyllensten, Amanda LU ; Nilsson Ovesson, Maria LU ; Lindström, Inger ; Hansson, Lars LU and Ekdahl, Charlotte LU (2004) In Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 18(2). p.213-219
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... (More)
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. (Less)
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10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00272.x
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  author       = {{Lundvik Gyllensten, Amanda and Nilsson Ovesson, Maria and Lindström, Inger and Hansson, Lars and Ekdahl, Charlotte}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{213--219}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences}},
  title        = {{Reliability of the body awareness scale-health.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4662775/624012.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00272.x}},
  volume       = {{18}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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