Development and validation of new evaluation scale for measuring stroke patients' motivation for rehabilitation in rehabilitation wards.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to develop the Motivation in stroke patients for rehabilitation scale (MORE scale), following the Consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN).

Method

Study participants included rehabilitation professionals working at the convalescent rehabilitation hospital and stroke patients admitted to the hospital. The original MORE scale was developed from an item pool, which was created through discussions of nine rehabilitation professionals. After the content validity of the scale was verified using the Delphi method with 61 rehabilitation professionals and 22 stroke patients, the scale's validity and reliability were examined for 201 stroke patients. The construct validity of the scale was investigated using expl

SUBMITTER: Yoshida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8929594 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature