Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.

The validity and reliability of the guidelines of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) for the classification of cerebral palsy (CP) were tested by administering 10 written case vignettes via an interactive web-based link to 30 SCPE partners. There was a moderately good level of agree...

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Main Authors: Gainsborough, M, Surman, G, Maestri, G, Colver, A, Cans, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Surman, G
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Colver, A
Cans, C
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description The validity and reliability of the guidelines of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) for the classification of cerebral palsy (CP) were tested by administering 10 written case vignettes via an interactive web-based link to 30 SCPE partners. There was a moderately good level of agreement (kappa=0.59) about inclusion as a CP case on the SCPE database. Classification by CP subtype differed in two main areas: assigning spastic versus dyskinetic and judgement of distribution of spastic involvement. Agreement on Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level was less good than reported in previous studies. Twenty respondents repeated the test 5 months later and there was good repeatability for case inclusion (kappa= 0.72) but considerable variation in assignment of CP subtype and GMFCS level. There is a need for further collaborative work and training to improve harmonization of the classification of CP, including examination, application of SCPE guidelines, and register coding.
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spelling oxford-uuid:04e4e565-a112-466d-90d8-20d1ace58bb32022-03-26T08:54:13ZValidity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:04e4e565-a112-466d-90d8-20d1ace58bb3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Gainsborough, MSurman, GMaestri, GColver, ACans, CThe validity and reliability of the guidelines of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) for the classification of cerebral palsy (CP) were tested by administering 10 written case vignettes via an interactive web-based link to 30 SCPE partners. There was a moderately good level of agreement (kappa=0.59) about inclusion as a CP case on the SCPE database. Classification by CP subtype differed in two main areas: assigning spastic versus dyskinetic and judgement of distribution of spastic involvement. Agreement on Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level was less good than reported in previous studies. Twenty respondents repeated the test 5 months later and there was good repeatability for case inclusion (kappa= 0.72) but considerable variation in assignment of CP subtype and GMFCS level. There is a need for further collaborative work and training to improve harmonization of the classification of CP, including examination, application of SCPE guidelines, and register coding.
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Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title_full Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title_fullStr Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title_full_unstemmed Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title_short Validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in Europe for the classification of cerebral palsy.
title_sort validity and reliability of the guidelines of the surveillance of cerebral palsy in europe for the classification of cerebral palsy
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