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Table 2 Inter-rater reliability of amount of use and quality of use in the older age group

From: Observational skills assessment score: reliability in measuring amount and quality of use of the affected hand in unilateral cerebral palsy

 

Amount of use

Quality of use affected hand

 

Use of both hands (%)

Quality of reach (1–3)

Quality of grasp fingers (1–3)

Quality of grasp wrist (1–5)

Quality of hold fingers (1–4)

Quality of hold wrist (1–5)

Quality of release (1–4)

Making a sandwich

       

ICC

0.877

NE

0.019

0.945

0.657

0.913

0.841

95% CI

0.691-0.955

6. ch. diff.

−0.498-0.507

0.852-0.980

0.270-0.864

0.772-0.968

0.600-0.941

Mean diff.

−0.94

0.05

0.06

−0.06

0.16

0.07

−0.01

SD difference

2.87

0.08

0.42

0.40

0.36

0.44

0.18

Construction task small

       

ICC

0.785

0.124

0.400

0.955

0.815

0.964

0.722

95% CI

0.472-0.920

−0.297-0.546

−0.112-0.741

0.879-0.984

0.543-0.931

0.902-0.987

0.372-0.893

Mean diff.

1.13

0.11

0.04

−0.11

−0.01

−0.02

0.05

SD difference

2.27

0.25

0.27

0.37

0.25

0.29

0.28

Construction task large

       

ICC

0.826

NE

0.108

0.944

0.485

0.967

0.687

95% CI

0.567-0.936

5 ch. diff.

−0.358-0.550

0.846-0.980

−0.017-0.787

0.908-0.988

0.319-0.877

Mean diff.

−0.10

0.18

−0.08

−0.16

0.01

−0.03

−0.08

SD difference

3.11

0.33

0.22

0.40

0.30

0.32

0.31

  1. ICC = intra class correlation; CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation; NE = not executable; n ch. diff. = the rater scored n children differently.
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