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Perme ICU Mobility Score (Perme Score) and the ICU Mobility Scale (IMS): translation and cultural adaptation for the Spanish language
Wilches Luna, Esther C; Hernández, Nasly L; Oliveira, Anamaria Siriani de; Nawa, Ricardo Kenji; Perme, Christiane & Gastaldi, Ada Clarice
Abstract
Introduction: The scales to measure functional mobility in critically
ill patients were developed and validated in English, there is a need for
these tools in Spanish speaking countries.
Objective: To perform translation, cultural adaptation and inter-rater
reliability of the Spanish versions of the Perme Intensive Care Unit
Mobility Score and IMS tools in ICU patients.
Methods: Translation and validation study between November 2016
and July 2017, following the COSMIN Protocol's recommendations.
Two couples of physiotherapists with the role of observer/rater applied
both scales in 150 patients upon admission and discharge of a medicalsurgical
ICU from a private hospital in Colombia. The sample size
was defined taking into account the lowest proportion of reported
agreement (68.57%), a Kappa index of 0.2784 or higher to ensure that
the calculated n was adequate, and a confidence level of 95%
Results: Translation and cultural adaptation were performed, the final
version of both scales in Spanish was approved by the authors. The
sample was 150 patients, 52% were men, the average age was 58 ± 17
years, invasive mechanical ventilation was present in 63 (42%) of the
cases. Inter-rater reliability of the ICU Mobility Scale was between 0.97
and 1.00, and for the Perme Intensive Care Unit the Mobility Score it
was between 0.99 and 1 in the two moments of the measurements.
Conclusions: Both scales were translated and culturally adapted and
presented excellent inter-rater reliability in the two pairs of raters
(rater/observer).
Keywords
Critical illness; early ambulation; length of stay respiration; artificial language muscle weakness physical therapists; critical care; Perme Intensive Care Unit Mobility Score; The ICU Mobility Scale (IMS)
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