Intraclass reliability of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in the Brazilian version

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Larissa Paiva Silva¹  Polyana Candeia Maia¹  Marcia Maria Coelho Oliveira Lopes¹  Maria Vera Lucia Moreira Leitao Cardoso¹ 

关键词: Child development;    Measures;    Psychometrics;    Reproducibility of results;    Nursing;    Desarrollo infantil;    Medidas;    Psicometria;    Reproducibilidad de resultados;    Enfermeria;    Desenvolvimento infantil;    Medidas;    Psicometria;    Reprodutibilidade dos testes;    Enfermagem;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420130000500006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study had as its objective to analyze the intraclass reliability of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), in the Brazilian version, in preterm and term infants. It was a methodological study, conducted from November 2009 to April 2010, with 50 children receiving care in two public institutions in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Children were grouped according to gestational age as preterm and term, and evaluated by three evaluators in the communication laboratory of a public institution or at home. The intraclass correlation indices for the categoriesprone, supine, sitting and standing ranged from 0.553 to 0.952; most remained above 0.800, except for the standing category of the third evaluator, in which the index was 0.553. As for the total score and percentile, rates ranged from 0.843 to 0.954. The scale proved to be a reliable instrument for assessing gross motor performance of Brazilian children, particularly in Ceará, regardless of gestational age at birth.

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