Intra- and Interrater Reliability of Remote Assessment of Transfers by Wheelchair Users Using the Transfer Assessment Instrument (Version 4.0).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the reliability, standard error of measurement, minimum detectable change, and item-level consistency of the Transfer Assessment Instrument (TAI) version 4.0 when used to evaluate transfer quality remotely.

Design

Participants transferred from their wheelchair to a mat table (transfer 1), repeated this after a 10-minute delay to assess intrarater reliability (transfer 2), and repeated this 1-2 days later to assess test-retest reliability (transfer 3). Each transfer was scored in person by 4 raters and asynchronously by a remote clinician rater.

Setting

2017 National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

Participants

Convenience sample of 44 full-time wheelchair users (N=44).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

TAI total

SUBMITTER: Worobey LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature