Kim Seong-Gil, Kim Myoung-Kwon
Department of Physical Therapy, Uiduk University, Republic of Korea.
Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University, Republic of Korea.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2015 Sep;27(9):2733-4. doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.2733. Epub 2015 Sep 30.
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the intra- and inter-rater reliabilities of the Short Form Berg Balance Scale in institutionalized elderly people. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 30 elderly people in a nursing facility in Y city, South Korea, participated in this study. Two examiners administered the Short Form Berg Balance Scale to one subject to investigate inter-rater reliability. After a week, the same examiners administered the Short Form Berg Balance Scale once more to investigate intra-rater reliability. [Results] The intra-rater reliability was 0.83. The inter-rater reliability was 0.79. Both reliabilities were high (more than 0.7). [Conclusion] The Short Form Berg Balance Scale is a version of the Berg Balance Scale shortened by reducing the number of items, but its reliabilities were not lower than those of the Berg Balance Scale. The Short Form Berg Balance Scale can be useful clinically due to its short measurement time.
[目的]本研究旨在检验简版伯格平衡量表在机构养老老年人中的评分者内信度和评分者间信度。[对象与方法]韩国Y市一家护理机构的30名老年人参与了本研究。两名检查者对一名受试者进行简版伯格平衡量表测试以调查评分者间信度。一周后,相同的检查者再次进行简版伯格平衡量表测试以调查评分者内信度。[结果]评分者内信度为0.83。评分者间信度为0.79。两种信度均较高(大于0.7)。[结论]简版伯格平衡量表是通过减少项目数量缩短而成的伯格平衡量表版本,但其信度并不低于伯格平衡量表。简版伯格平衡量表测量时间短,在临床上可能有用。