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To evaluate the reliability of the modified Rankin Scale when applied by telephone compared to face-to-face assessments in patients with acute stroke.

February 19, 2013Neurology InternationalOpen Access

Reliability of the modified Rankin Scale applied by telephone

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To evaluate the reliability of the modified Rankin Scale when applied by telephone compared to face-to-face assessments in patients with acute stroke.
131 clinically stable hospitalized patients were assessed by telephone and face-to-face in a randomized order.
Interviews conducted by 2 certified nurses using an unstructured format.
The reliability was measured using weighted kappa and median scores calculated.
Median modified Rankin Scale score was 4 for both assessment methods (P=0.8).
Weighted kappa between methods was 0.82 (95% CI: 0.77-0.88), indicating high reliability.
Sensitivity for telephone assessment was lower for scores 2 (17%) and 3 (46%) compared to other scores (67-90%).

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Randomized trial evaluates reliability of telephone assessment for stroke disabilities, suggesting it is comparable to in-person evaluations.

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Savio et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a422447b5ad7bebf96b69a2 https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2013.e2

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Randomized trial evaluates reliability of telephone assessment for stroke disabilities, suggesting it is comparable to in-person evaluations.

Reliability of the modified Rankin Scale applied by telephone

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