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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Oct 26;30(12):2027–2036. doi: 10.1007/s00381-014-2573-6

Table 4.

Inter-rater reliability measures for the selected functional battery

Measure ICC* Spearman
correlation
Absolute
agreement
Range of
discrepancy in
ratings
Percentage of
discrepant
ratings with 1
point
discrepancy
r p
 Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) n=10 .82 .81 .005 80% 1 category 100%
 Modified House Classification (MHC) variables n=9
  House total items .94 .95 <.001 22% 1–7 items 29%
  House category all items met .98 .98 <.001 78% 1 category 100%
PEDIa variables
  PEDI self-care score n=10 1.0 1.0 <.001 30% 0–4 points 57%
  PEDI mobility score n=10 1.0 1.0 <.001 30% 0–2 points 86%
  PEDI social score n=10 .99 .97 <.001 20% 0–6 points 25%
  PEDI self-care Caregiver assistance n=9 .99 .97 <.001 11% 0–3 points 25%
  PEDI mobility Caregiver assistance n=9 .99 .97 <.001 67% 0–5 points 33%
  PEDI social Caregiver assistance n=9 .77 .88 .002 33% 0–10 points 17%
mEDPAb items n=9
  Dc hand cube grasp .77 .82 .007 56% 1–2 categories 50%
  D hand cube release .86 .88 .002 78% 1–5 categories 50%
  D hand pellet grasp .93 .89 .001 56% 1–2 categories 75%
  D hand pellet release .94 .99 <.001 89% 3 categories 0%
  D hand dowel grasp .89 .98 <.001 89% 2 categories 0%
  D hand pencil grasp .88 .90 .001 89% 2 categories 0%
  NDd hand cube grasp .95 .85 .004 78% 1–2 categories 50%
  ND hand cube release .97 .82 .008 78% 1–2 categories 50%
  ND hand pellet grasp .93 .85 .003 44% 1–2 categories 60%
  ND hand pellet release .84 .92 <.001 78% 3–4 categories 0%
  ND hand dowel grasp .98 .92 .001 78% 1 category 100%
  ND hand pencil grasp .85 .86 .003 67% 1 category 100%
*

two-way mixed, consistency, single-measures ICC

a

PEDI =Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Index

b

mEDPA= modified Erhardt Developmental Prehension Assessment

c

D=Dominant Hand

d

ND=Non-dominant Hand