PMID- 16914281
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070327
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0387-7604 (Print)
IS  - 0387-7604 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
DP  - 2007 Mar
TI  - Reliability of Greek version Gross Motor Function Classification System.
PG  - 79-82
AB  - The Gross Motor Function Classification System for Cerebral Palsy (GMFCS), a 
      reliable and valid system, has been widely utilized for objective classification 
      of the patterns of motor disability in children with cerebral palsy. The 
      objective of this study was to produce a Greek version of the instrument, with 
      the same construct as the original one and to investigate the reliability of 
      application of the Greek version GMFCS. Translation and back translation was made 
      by two of the authors, one of whom did not know the original English text. The 
      final translation was fixed by consensus. Two physicians were trained and given 
      practice in the use of the GMFCS and its application to clinical documentation. 
      The raters classified children with cerebral palsy according to GMFCS - Greek 
      version. The reliability was assessed with the weighted kappa statistic. The 
      sample consisted of 47 boys and 47 girls, mean age 5.4 years. The overall 
      weighted Kappa was 0.80 (95% CI=0.67-0.94). Weighted Kappa for level I was 0.91 
      (95% CI=0.74-1.09), for level II, 0.78 (95% CI=0.62-0.95), for level III, 0.85 
      (95% CI=0.68-1.02), for level IV, 0.85 (95% CI=0.67-1.03) and for level V, 0.84 
      (95% CI=0.66-1.03). The inter-rater reliability was lowest at level II. Percent 
      agreement was 75%. Results of this study suggest that GMFCS - Greek version can 
      be used reliably to classify patients with CP from clinical documentation. These 
      results further support use of the GMFCS in clinical settings and for research. 
      Investigation is needed to further assess the reliability and to determine the 
      validity of the Greek version of the GMFCS.
FAU - Papavasiliou, A S
AU  - Papavasiliou AS
AD  - Department of Neurology, Pendeli Children's Hospital, Nea Erythraia, Athens, 
      Greece. theon@otenet.gr
FAU - Rapidi, C A
AU  - Rapidi CA
FAU - Rizou, C
AU  - Rizou C
FAU - Petropoulou, K
AU  - Petropoulou K
FAU - Tzavara, Ch
AU  - Tzavara Ch
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20060817
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Brain Dev
JT  - Brain & development
JID - 7909235
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Cerebral Palsy/*classification/complications/*diagnosis
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - *Disability Evaluation
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Motor Skills Disorders/*diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
EDAT- 2006/08/18 09:00
MHDA- 2007/03/28 09:00
CRDT- 2006/08/18 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/06/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/06/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/08/18 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/03/28 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/08/18 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0387-7604(06)00152-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.06.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Brain Dev. 2007 Mar;29(2):79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.06.007. Epub 2006 
      Aug 17.