Psychometric Evaluation of Commonly Used Measures in Stroke

Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Diagnostic Test: The Computerized Adaptive Testing system of the Functional Assessment of Stroke; Diagnostic Test: The Barthel Index

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05530525

IRB110-263-B

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purposes: The aim of this study is to examine the psychometric properties (e.g. test-retest reliability, random measurement error, practice effect, and responsiveness) of the commonly used measures in patients with stroke using medical record review.

The investigators anticipate reviewing 1000 stroke patients' medical record from a medical center in Taiwan. The medical record will be reviewed by an experienced and well-trained occupational therapist.

Full description

The investigators anticipate reviewing 1000 stroke patients' medical record (from 2018/6/1 to 2021/6/30) from a medical center in Taiwan. The medical record will be reviewed by an experienced and well-trained occupational therapist. The study was approved by the local institutional review board. Because the targeted populations for examining the test-retest reliability and responsiveness were different, the inclusion criteria were listed separately below.

Test-retest reliability Chronic stroke patients' data was reviewed to examine the test-retest reliability. The participants met the following criteria: (1) diagnosis of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction, (2) age ≥ 20 years, and (3) stroke onset ≥ 6 months (first and recurrent stroke included).

Responsiveness Subacute stroke patients' data was reviewed to examine the responsiveness. The participants met the following criteria: (1) diagnosis of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction, (2) age ≥ 20 years, and (3) stroke onset < 3 months (first and recurrent stroke included).

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for test-retest reliability group (Chronic stroke patients' medical record was reviewed to examine the test-retest reliability) :

• Cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction.
• Age ≥ 20 years.
• Stroke onset ≥ 6 months (first and recurrent stroke included).

Inclusion criteria for responsiveness group (Subacute stroke patients' medical record was reviewed to examine the responsiveness):

• Cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction.
• Age ≥ 20 years.
• Stroke onset < 3 months (first and recurrent stroke included).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients' diagnosis is not stroke.

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Test-retest reliability and responsiveness group (All of the data was collected from medical record)

Description:

All the participants received conventional rehabilitation (e.g., occupational therapy, physical therapy, or speech therapy) or other interventions (e.g., acupuncture).

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

Diagnostic Test: The Barthel Index

Diagnostic Test: The Computerized Adaptive Testing system of the Functional Assessment of Stroke