Reliability of Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test in children with Cerebral Palsy

Evaluating the effects of treatment is so important in improving children with cerebral palsy. Aim of this study was to survey the reliability of Intra-rater and Inter-rater with & without video camera assessment. In this cross-sectional study، we validate the Quality of Upper Extremity Skill Test questionnaire. 50 children with hemiplegia aged 19 to 95 months (mean age 61. 31 ± 25. 7 month) were enrolled in our study using non random available approach. After obtaining satisfaction from parents، intra-rater assessment was done in one session and intera rater assessment was done with camera after 10 days. Then، the third examiner did the reassessment using film observation of 46 children from 50. Spearman correlation for survey the reliability of intra-rater & inter rater with & without video recording assessment & gross motor function classification system 66 for determined functionality of child were used. Intra-rater correlation was 0. 774-0. 996، Inter-rater correlation was 0. 663-0. 998 and correlation for video camera assessment was 0. 710-0. 974 for the first and third evaluation and 0. 652-0. 938 for second and third evaluation. P value for sub scales and total score was P<0. 01. there is a high correlation in Intra rater and inter rater assessment with and without video recording in Quality of Upper Extremity Skill Test in children with cerebral palsy. So that it can be used as a reliable test to evaluate Quality of Upper Extremity Skills in these children.