Journal article
High-level mobility assessment tool (HiMAT): Interrater reliability, retest reliability, and internal consistency
Physical Therapy, Vol.86(3), pp.395-400
2006
Abstract
Background and Purpose. The High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) assesses high-level mobility in people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrater reliability, retest reliability, and internal consistency of data obtained with the HiMAT. Subjects. Three physical therapists and 103 people with TBI were recruited from a rehabilitation hospital. Methods. Three physical therapists concurrently assessed a subset of 17 subjects with TBI to investigate interrater reliability. One physical therapist assessed a different subset of 20 subjects with TBI on 2 occasions, 2 days apart, to investigate retest reliability. Data from the entire sample of 103 subjects were used to investigate the internal consistency of this new scale. Results. Both the interrater reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.99) and the retest reliability (ICC=.99) of the HiMAT data were very high. For retest reliability, a small systematic change was detected (t=3.82, df=19), indicating a marginal improvement of 1 point at retest. Internal consistency also was very high (Cronbach alpha=.97). Discussion and Conclusion. The HiMAT is a new tool specifically designed to measure high-level mobility, which currently is not a component of existing scales used in TBI. This study demonstrated that the HiMAT is a reliable tool for measuring high-level mobility.
Details
- Title
- High-level mobility assessment tool (HiMAT): Interrater reliability, retest reliability, and internal consistency
- Authors
- G P Williams (Author)Ken Greenwood (Author)V J Robertson (Author)P A Goldie (Author)M E Morris (Author)
- Publication details
- Physical Therapy, Vol.86(3), pp.395-400
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/ptj/86.3.395
- ISSN
- 0031-9023
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Social Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450357902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
286 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web Of Science research areas
- Orthopedics
- Rehabilitation
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites