NCT06381999

Validity and Inter-rater Reliability for Early Recognition of Spasticity Using the Decision Tree Tool

Initial Assessment of the Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability for Early Recognition of Spasticity Using the Decision Tree Tool

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 73 (actual)
• Sponsor: Merz Therapeutics GmbH · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the validity and Inter-rater reliability for early recognition of spasticity by nurses and physiotherapists using the decision tree tool.

Detailed description

The Spastic Movement Disorder (SMD) Decision Tree was designed as a tool to aid nurses, therapists and other healthcare professions recognize potential signs of disabling spasticity in the upper limb of post-stroke patients. The present study assesses validity and inter-rater reliability of the SMD Decision Tree comparing nurses and therapists with gold-standard procedure performed by rehabilitation doctors. Agreement was tested for "referral to specialist indicated" and "no referral to specialist indicated".

Conditions

• Post-stroke Spasticity

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-27
• Primary completion: 2024-02-26
• Completion: 2024-02-26
• First posted: 2024-04-24
• Last updated: 2024-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria