| Title: |
Intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Assessment of Children’s Hand Skills based on video recordings |
| Authors: |
Chien, Chi-Wen; Scanlan, Clare; Rodger, Sylvia; Copley, Jodie |
| Publisher Information: |
College of Occupational Therapists Ltd. |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Collection: |
The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace |
| Subject Terms: |
Reliability; Occupational therapy; Hand skills; Child |
| Description: |
Introduction: Hand skills are essential for children's occupational performance. The Assessment of Children's Hand Skills is a new assessment that utilizes naturalistic observations to capture children's actual hand-skill performance in everyday contexts. This study aimed to explore intra- and inter-rater reliability of the assessment based on video recordings, which are different from original naturalistic observations.Method: Two raters scored video recordings of 54 hand-skill activities performed by 12 children with developmental disabilities, twice in 2 weeks. Intra- and inter-rater reliability was examined at the individual hand-skill item scores, activity scores, and children's composite scores of the Assessment of Children's Hand Skills.Findings: Intra-rater reliability at item levels was generally acceptable, and both raters exhibited moderate to high agreement between the first and second evaluations (intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.61-0.93) at activity scores and children's composite scores. However, the agreement between the two raters was unacceptable for most hand-skill items and activity scores. After rater effects were adjusted by Rasch analysis in children's composite scores, the inter-rater reliability was improved (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.81).Conclusion: This study shows that the Assessment of Children's Hand Skills based on video recordings is reliable within the same raters. Further research is required to confirm its inter-rater reliability by involving more training and raters with varied clinical experience. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0308-0226; 1477-6006 |
| Relation: |
orcid:0000-0001-8373-5990; Not set |
| Availability: |
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:324348 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.54246AF6 |
| Database: |
BASE |