Patient’s active participation in therapy is a key component of successful rehabilitation. In fact, low participation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of poor outcome; however, participation is rarely assessed in clinical settings. The Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale (PRPS) is a validated, quick, and accurate measure of participation, relying on clinicians’ observation, and not requiring any self-report by patients. The aim of this study was to validate an Italian version of the PRPS. Following forward and back-translation of PRPS into Italian, the translated version was validated in a total of 640 therapy sessions, related to a cohort of 32 patients admitted to an Italian hospital. It was tested for concurrent validity, finding significant correlations with Barthel Index (R > 0.58, p < 0.001) and SF-36 Physical and Mental Health (R > 0.4, p < 0.02), for predictive validity, finding significant correlation with the effectiveness of rehabilitation (R = 0.358, p = 0.045), and for inter-rater and intra-rater reliability, computing an Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC = 0.926 and 0.756, respectively). These psychometric properties results were similar to those of the original version of this scale. The proposed PRPS can be helpful for Italian clinicians in the assessment of patient’s participation during rehabilitation.

Italian Version of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale: Psychometric Analysis of Validity and Reliability / Iosa, Marco; Galeoto, Giovanni; De Bartolo, Daniela; Russo, Valentina; Ruotolo, Ilaria; Spitoni, Grazia Fernanda; Ciancarelli, Irene; Tramontano, Marco; Antonucci, Gabriella; Paolucci, Stefano; Morone, Giovanni. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - 11:5(2021), p. 626. [10.3390/brainsci11050626]

Italian Version of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale: Psychometric Analysis of Validity and Reliability

Iosa, Marco
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Galeoto, Giovanni;De Bartolo, Daniela;Russo, Valentina;Spitoni, Grazia Fernanda;Tramontano, Marco;Antonucci, Gabriella;Morone, Giovanni
2021

Abstract

Patient’s active participation in therapy is a key component of successful rehabilitation. In fact, low participation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of poor outcome; however, participation is rarely assessed in clinical settings. The Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale (PRPS) is a validated, quick, and accurate measure of participation, relying on clinicians’ observation, and not requiring any self-report by patients. The aim of this study was to validate an Italian version of the PRPS. Following forward and back-translation of PRPS into Italian, the translated version was validated in a total of 640 therapy sessions, related to a cohort of 32 patients admitted to an Italian hospital. It was tested for concurrent validity, finding significant correlations with Barthel Index (R > 0.58, p < 0.001) and SF-36 Physical and Mental Health (R > 0.4, p < 0.02), for predictive validity, finding significant correlation with the effectiveness of rehabilitation (R = 0.358, p = 0.045), and for inter-rater and intra-rater reliability, computing an Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC = 0.926 and 0.756, respectively). These psychometric properties results were similar to those of the original version of this scale. The proposed PRPS can be helpful for Italian clinicians in the assessment of patient’s participation during rehabilitation.
2021
rehabilitation; neurorehabilitation; participation; compliance; stroke; psychometry; reliability; validity
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Italian Version of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale: Psychometric Analysis of Validity and Reliability / Iosa, Marco; Galeoto, Giovanni; De Bartolo, Daniela; Russo, Valentina; Ruotolo, Ilaria; Spitoni, Grazia Fernanda; Ciancarelli, Irene; Tramontano, Marco; Antonucci, Gabriella; Paolucci, Stefano; Morone, Giovanni. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - 11:5(2021), p. 626. [10.3390/brainsci11050626]
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