Abstract
Study Design
Cross-sectional study.
Introduction
Adhering to test administration and standardized instructions is important for attainment
of accurate and reliable results in performance-based tests.
Purpose of the Study
To determine test-retest and interrater reliability of standardized translated instruction
(St-TI) and spontaneously translated instruction (Sp-TI) of a hand function test.
Methods
Four raters and seventy-two subjects were divided into 2 groups: St-TI group, direct
administration of the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Jebsen Hand Function Test to
subjects by raters; and Sp-TI group, spontaneously translating the Jebsen-Taylor Hand
Function Test from English into Chinese by raters. Test-retest and interrater reliability
were calculated based on instruction time by the rater and performance time by the
subject.
Results
Test-retest and interrater reliability of instruction time by rater for St-TI has
intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.35 to 0.70 and 0.24 to 0.55, respectively,
whereas that for Sp-TI was −0.50 to 0.18 and −0.09 to 0.51, respectively. Test-retest
and interrater reliability of performance time by subject for St-TI was 0.56 to 0.84
and 0.33 to 0.78, respectively, whereas that for Sp-TI was 0.54 to 0.87 and 0.35 to
0.77, respectively. Sp-TI had two test-retest minimal detectable change percent values
that fell within the acceptable range (subtest 3 = 21.9% and subtest 6 = 25.7%).
Conclusion
Instruction time by rater for Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test subtests had generally
poor to moderate test-retest and interrater reliability for both St-TI and Sp-TI.
Performance time by subject generally had moderate to good reliability, except for
St-TI with poor to good interrater reliability.
Keywords
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- # 1.The purpose of the study was to determine the _______________ of a Chinese version of the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function test
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- a.
- # 2.The primary statistical measure was
- a.an ICC
- b.a student T test
- c.an ANOVA
- d.the Pearson Coefficient
- a.
- # 3._________ of the MDC% values fell within the acceptable range
- a.all
- b.most
- c.half
- d.none
- a.
- # 4.Non-dominant hands were
- a.tested in the same way as the dominant hands
- b.only tested in a cursory manner
- c.not tested
- d.found to be essentially the same as the dominant hands
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 04, 2020
Accepted:
September 1,
2019
Received in revised form:
June 11,
2019
Received:
March 5,
2019
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: We declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article.
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