Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)

ABSTRACT Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are characterized by progressive lower limb weakness and spasticity. There are no validated instruments to quantify disease severity in Portuguese. Objective To translate and validate the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS) into Brazilian-Portuguese...

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Main Authors: Katiane R. Servelhere, Ingrid Faber, Ana Carolina Coan, Marcondes França Junior
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2016-06-01
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Ingrid Faber
Ana Carolina Coan
Marcondes França Junior
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Marcondes França Junior
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description ABSTRACT Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are characterized by progressive lower limb weakness and spasticity. There are no validated instruments to quantify disease severity in Portuguese. Objective To translate and validate the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS) into Brazilian-Portuguese. Method Two experienced and English-fluent neurologists translated SPRS into Portuguese, creating SPRS-BR. We then assessed inter and intra-rater reliability of this version using coefficients of correlation and variability in a cohort of 30 patients. Results Mean age of patients and disease duration were 47.7 ± 10.5 and 17.0 ± 10.6 years, respectively. Twenty-one had pure HSP and SPG4 was the most frequent genotype. Mean Rankin and SPRS-BR scores were 2.2 ± 0.9 and 19.9 ± 9.9, respectively. Mean intra and inter-rater correlation coefficients of SPRS-BR scores were 0.951 and 0.934, whereas coefficients of variation were 11.5% (inter-rater) and 9.9% (intra-rater). Cronbach’s alpha for the whole SPRS-BR scale was 0.873. Conclusion SPRS-BR is a useful, reliable and valid clinical instrument.
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spelling doaj-art-afa4217a249e4776804cac5d099a38392025-08-20T03:39:04ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272016-06-0174648949410.1590/0004-282x20160047Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)Katiane R. ServelhereIngrid FaberAna Carolina CoanMarcondes França JuniorABSTRACT Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are characterized by progressive lower limb weakness and spasticity. There are no validated instruments to quantify disease severity in Portuguese. Objective To translate and validate the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS) into Brazilian-Portuguese. Method Two experienced and English-fluent neurologists translated SPRS into Portuguese, creating SPRS-BR. We then assessed inter and intra-rater reliability of this version using coefficients of correlation and variability in a cohort of 30 patients. Results Mean age of patients and disease duration were 47.7 ± 10.5 and 17.0 ± 10.6 years, respectively. Twenty-one had pure HSP and SPG4 was the most frequent genotype. Mean Rankin and SPRS-BR scores were 2.2 ± 0.9 and 19.9 ± 9.9, respectively. Mean intra and inter-rater correlation coefficients of SPRS-BR scores were 0.951 and 0.934, whereas coefficients of variation were 11.5% (inter-rater) and 9.9% (intra-rater). Cronbach’s alpha for the whole SPRS-BR scale was 0.873. Conclusion SPRS-BR is a useful, reliable and valid clinical instrument.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000600489&tlng=enspastic paraplegiahereditaryscalestranlating
spellingShingle Katiane R. Servelhere
Ingrid Faber
Ana Carolina Coan
Marcondes França Junior
Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
spastic paraplegia
hereditary
scales
tranlating
title Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
title_full Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
title_fullStr Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
title_full_unstemmed Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
title_short Translation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese of the Spastic Paraplegia Rating Scale (SPRS)
title_sort translation and validation into brazilian portuguese of the spastic paraplegia rating scale sprs
topic spastic paraplegia
hereditary
scales
tranlating
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000600489&tlng=en
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