Ataxia management is mainly based on rehabilitation, symptomatic management, and functional improvement. Therefore, it is important to comprehensively assess ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. Recently, the movement disorders society recommended four generic ataxia rating scales: scale for assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), international cooperative ataxia rating scales, Friedreich’s ataxia rating scale (FARS), and unified multiple system atrophy rating scale (UMSARS). The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the content of the recommended ataxia rating scales by linking them to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). A total of 125 meaningful concepts from 93 items of the four included scales were linked to 57 different ICF categories. The ICF categories were distributed in body structure (n = 8), body function (n = 26), activity and participation (n = 20), and environmental factors (n = 3) components. UMSARS and FARS were the only ones that have addressed the body structure or environmental factors component. The content analysis of ataxia rating scales would help clinicians and researchers select the most appropriate scale and understand ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. It seems that SARA is the optimal scale for rapid assessment of ataxia or in busy clinical settings. UMSARS or FARS are more appropriate for the investigating the impact of ataxia on overall health, and monitoring ataxia progression and disability.

Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health / Etoom, Mohammad; Jahan, Alhadi M.; Alghwiri, Alia; Lena, Francesco; Modugno, Nicola. - In: HEALTHCARE. - ISSN 2227-9032. - 10:12(2022), p. 2459. [10.3390/healthcare10122459]

Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Francesco Lena;Nicola Modugno
2022

Abstract

Ataxia management is mainly based on rehabilitation, symptomatic management, and functional improvement. Therefore, it is important to comprehensively assess ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. Recently, the movement disorders society recommended four generic ataxia rating scales: scale for assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), international cooperative ataxia rating scales, Friedreich’s ataxia rating scale (FARS), and unified multiple system atrophy rating scale (UMSARS). The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the content of the recommended ataxia rating scales by linking them to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). A total of 125 meaningful concepts from 93 items of the four included scales were linked to 57 different ICF categories. The ICF categories were distributed in body structure (n = 8), body function (n = 26), activity and participation (n = 20), and environmental factors (n = 3) components. UMSARS and FARS were the only ones that have addressed the body structure or environmental factors component. The content analysis of ataxia rating scales would help clinicians and researchers select the most appropriate scale and understand ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. It seems that SARA is the optimal scale for rapid assessment of ataxia or in busy clinical settings. UMSARS or FARS are more appropriate for the investigating the impact of ataxia on overall health, and monitoring ataxia progression and disability.
2022
patient outcome assessment; ICF linking; content analysis; outcomes measurement; treatment outcome; rehabilitation
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Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health / Etoom, Mohammad; Jahan, Alhadi M.; Alghwiri, Alia; Lena, Francesco; Modugno, Nicola. - In: HEALTHCARE. - ISSN 2227-9032. - 10:12(2022), p. 2459. [10.3390/healthcare10122459]
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