Thai Version of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale: Reliability and Validity among Women Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy
Keywords:
Balance, Cancer, Neurotoxic ChemotherapyAbstract
Background: The Thai version of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale is commonly used to assess balance confidence in many populations. However, no studies have examined the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the ABC scale among women with cancer who received neurotoxic chemotherapy.
Objective: To investigate the test–retest reliability and concurrent validity of the Thai version of the ABC scale among women with cancer who received neurotoxic chemotherapy.
Method: Thirty-one women with cancer participated in this study. We assessed the test–retest reliability of the Thai version of the ABC scale using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). We also examined the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable change (MDC). We also used the Spearman correlation coefficient to assess the concurrent validity of the Thai version of the ABC scale, the Time Up and Go test (TUG), and the Fullerton Advanced Balance scale (FAB).
Results: The test–retest reliability of the total ABC-16 and ABC-6 scale was excellent (ICC = 0.99 and ICC = 0.96, respectively). The concurrent validity of the Thai version of the ABC-16 and ABC-6 scale was significantly correlated with the TUG score but not the FAB score.
Conclusions: Our results indicate that the Thai version of the ABC-16 scale is a reliable and valid measurement of balance confidence in Thai women with cancer. The excellent reliability of the ABC-6 makes it suitable for use in busy clinical or academic settings.
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