Objective: To verify the reliability and validity of the Turkish versions of the Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale (HRERS) for knee arthroplasty. Methods: A total of 51 consecutive participants, inpatients of an orthopedic clinic at the university hospital, were recruited between 2021-2022 June. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess internal consistency. By evaluating the scores of 51 retested patients one week later, the test-retest reliability was determined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the construct validity.
First of all, permission was obtained from Kortte et al., one of the developers of Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale (HRERS), to have a Turkish version of HRERS via e-mail before starting the research study. The translation and the cultural adaptation of the Turkish version of the HRERS were accomplished in line with the stages outlined by Beaton et al.. Two independent native Turkish translators performed forward translation. One was a physiotherapist to ensure clinical consistency, and the other was a translator with no medical or clinical background to reveal vague concepts in the original questionnaire. A single consequent Turkish translation was formed from the combination of the two translations The Turkish scale was translated back into English by two English-native speakers who speak Turkish fluently, and the English version of the scale was compared to the original. A group of experts authorized the final version of the document in Turkish, which was backward translation. Translators reviewed the translations and compared certain inconsistencies. Before the formal questionnaire, the pre-final Turkish version of the questionnaire was used for a pilot test. The Turkish translation was primarily applied to five participants for the detection of unintelligible questions or words. Turkish translation was applied to five participants in order to determine the questions or words that were not understood. We asked the participants the following questions: "Is there a question you don't understand?" "Are there any words you don't like?" Since the participants did not have any problems, no changes were made to the questionnaire, and the final Turkish version of the HRERS (HRERS-T) was provided.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
52
Functional Independence Measurement-FIM, Barthel Index and European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions Questionnaire-EQ-5D, which are self-report based evaluation methods, were applied to patients who received routine treatment and met the inclusion criteria.To determine the patients' level of participation in the treatment, Hopkins was scored by the physiotherapist applying the treatment.
Menekşe ŞAFAK
Merkez, Isparta, Turkey (Türkiye)
Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale-HRERS
HRERS is a 5-item and practitioner completed scale used to rate behavioral observations of patients during acute inpatient rehabilitation.To evaluate the parameters of engagement in rehabilitation activities, the HRERS items rate the following: (I) the level of attendance at therapy sessions, (II) the attitude expressed by the patient toward his/her therapy, (III) the need for verbal or physical prompts to facilitate initiation or maintenance of engagement within the therapy session, (IV) the patient's acknowledgment of the need for therapy and (V) the patient's level of active participation in the therapy. This questionnaire evaluates five items on a 6-level-likert scale from 1 (never) to 6 (always). Higher scores indicate higher engagement levels.
Time frame: 3-5 days (after every rehabilitatiom program)
Functional Independence Measurement-FIM
The FIM instrument is the functional assessment measure. The FIM includes 18 items that measure functional independence in 6 subscales: self-care, sphincter control, mobility, locomotion, communication, and social cognition.Each item is rated on a seven-point scale that represents different gradations of independence and reflects the amount of assistance the patient requires to perform a specific activity. Independence is categorized and scored as complete independence, 7; modified independence, 6; requires supervision or setup, 5; requires minimal contact assistance, 4; requires moderate assistance, 3; requires maximal assistance, 2; and requires total assistance, 1. The sum of all 18 items comprises the patient's total FIM score, which ranges from 18 to 126
Time frame: 3-5 days (after every rehabilitatiom program)
Barthel Index
Based on observation, this practitioner-reported index measures patients' functional status across 10 domains: faecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, personal care (cleaning teeth, shaving), using the toilet, feeding, transfers (e.g. chair to bed), walking, dressing, climbing stairs, and bathing (or showering). Scoring of individual domains range between 0 and 15 (at 5-point intervals): domains vary in the number of intervals offered. The total score is used which ranges from 0 (no functioning) to 100 (independent functioning)
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Time frame: 3-5 days (after every rehabilitatiom program)
European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions Questionnaire-EQ-5D
Quality of life was assessed in hospital using EQ-5D, which consists of two tools: EQ. 5D descriptive system and EQ. 5D-VAS. The EQ. 5D descriptive system is a questionnaire evaluating 5 dimensions of health (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression) from which a score ranging from 0 to 1 (maximum health status) is derived. The EQ. 5D-VAS is a visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (maximum health status) where patients has to indicate the level of health status
Time frame: 3-5 days (after every rehabilitatiom program)