Translation, and interobserver and test-retest reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of Children's Hospital Oakland Hip Evaluation Scale for patients with sickle cell disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Children's Hospital Oakland Hip Evaluation Scale is a disease-specific tool for the clinical and functional assessment of the hip in sickle cell disease.

Objectives

To translate the tool into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluate the interobserver and test-retest reliability.

Methods

Eighteen patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease and a mean age of 49±11.9 years participated in the study. The scale was applied by two evaluators who did not speak to each other regarding their understanding of the tool and who had no prior training. Interobserver and test-retest reliability of individual items and of the total score were evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient and the Bland-Altman method.

Results

When the overall score for each hip

SUBMITTER: Freitas NRB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738485 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul - Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature