Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: May | Volume: 10 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 17-23
To Check Inter-Rater & Intra-Rater Reliability of Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) Scale in Stroke Patients
Sakina Katerawala1, Khushboo Shah2
1Assistant Professor, Bhartimaiya College of Optometry and Physiotherapy, Vesu Road, Surat- 395007, Gujarat, India.
2MPT Student, SPB college of Physiotherapy, Surat, Gujarat, India
Corresponding Author: Sakina Katerawala
ABSTRACT
Fullerton Advanced balance Scale is commonly used for elder patients to assess fall risks. This scale assesses both static and dynamic balance considering all the system required to maintain balance such as all three visual, vestibular and proprioception. Hence, it can come out as more effective measure to assess balance in chronic stroke patients. A cross-sectional study was done to check inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of Fullerton advanced Balance Scale – FAB Scale on 80 stroke individuals. FAB Scale score recorded on the first day by two raters for inter-rater reliability and by one of the testers after 7 days for intra-rater reliability. To check reliability Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was used. The results demonstrated Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) with standard error of mean (SEM) of 0.99 & 0.02721 for inter-rater reliability and 0.99 & 0.4492 for inra-rater reliability. A Bland-Altman limit of agreement has also confirmed that inter-rater and intra- rater were within the limits of agreement in 95% of occasions. So it was concluded that FAB Scale shows high inter-rater and intra-rater reliability for stroke individuals.
Key words: Stroke, Fullerton Advanced balance Scale (FAB), Reliability.