期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
卷 18, 期 5, 页码 744-749出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03272.x
关键词
operational definitions; rating scale; white matter changes
资金
- Earmarked Grant [CUHK 4317/04M]
Background and purpose: Although the age-related white matter changes (ARWMC) scale has been advocated to be applicable to both MRI and CT for assessing the severity of WMC, its inter-rater reliability on CT is only fair. We aimed to operationalize the ARWMC scale and investigate the effect of this operationalization on the reliability and validity on MRI and CT. Methods: Operational definitions of the ARWMC scale were derived from Erkinjuntti research criteria for subcortical vascular dementia and Scheltens scale. Using original and operationalized ARWMC scale, eight observers recorded the time for rating per MRI and per CT. We investigated the inter-rater and intrarater reliability as well as validity against volume using data from 97 stroke patients. Results: Inter-rater reliability of the operationalized scale on CT (0.874, 95% confidence interval [0.780-0.934]) was better than the original scale (0.569, 95% confidence interval [0.247-0.775]). Its intrarater reliability on CT (0.869) and reliability on MRI (inter-rater: 0.860; intrarater: 0.838) was comparable with the original scale (CT intrarater: 0.750 and on MRI inter-rater: 0.845; intrarater: 0.853). The time required to administer the operationalized scale (4'2 ' for MRI and 1'18 ' for CT) was similar to that of the original scale (3'56 ' for MRI and 1'16 ' for CT). The original scale and operationalized scale also significantly correlated with WMC volume (operationalized scale rho = 0.613, P < 0.001, original scale rho = 0.638, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Operational definitions improve the inter-rater reliability of ARWMC scale on CT, and it correlates with volumetric measurement.
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