Physician- and self-assessed myasthenia gravis activities of daily living score.
Muscle Nerve
; 57(3): 419-422, 2018 03.
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| ID: mdl-28796382
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) profile scale is a simple-to-use instrument. We aimed to validate this scale in the Korean language and compare physician- and self-assessed MG-ADL scores (pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K).METHODS:
pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K and MG Composite (MGC) scores were obtained from patients. The correlation between pMG-ADL-K and MGC and the relationship between the pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K were assessed using the Cronbach α and the Spearman coefficient. By intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), the reliability of each sub-item of pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K was evaluated.RESULTS:
We included data from 40 patients. The pMG-ADL-K score showed a strong correlation with the MGC score (rho = 0.80, P < 0.01). The Cronbach α was 0.98 between pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K, and sub-items showed good consistency (ICC 0.684-0.985, P < 0.001).DISCUSSION:
The MG-ADL-K is a valid tool and the sMG-ADL-K shows excellent correlation with pMG-ADL-K. Both the pMG-ADL-K and sMG-ADL-K can be used to measure MG severity. Muscle Nerve 57 419-422, 2018.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Activities of Daily Living
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Myasthenia Gravis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Muscle Nerve
Year:
2018
Type:
Article