Reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale

Silvia Regina Shiwa; Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa; Luciola da Cunha Menezes Costa; Anne Moseley; Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Junior; Roberta Venâncio; Cintia Ruggero; Tatiana de Oliveira Sato; Alexandre Dias Lopes

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2011001000019

Reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale

Cad Saude Publica. 2011 Oct;27(10):2063-8. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011001000019.

Authors

Silvia Regina Shiwa¹, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa, Luciola da Cunha Menezes Costa, Anne Moseley, Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Junior, Roberta Venâncio, Cintia Ruggero, Tatiana de Oliveira Sato, Alexandre Dias Lopes

Affiliation

¹ Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

PMID: 22031210
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011001000019

Abstract

The objective of this study was to test the inter-rater reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale. Seven physiotherapists rated the methodological quality of 50 reports of randomized controlled trials written in Portuguese indexed on the PEDro database. Each report was also rated using the English version of the PEDro Scale. Reproducibility was evaluated by comparing two separate ratings of reports written in Portuguese and comparing the Portuguese PEDro score with the English version of the scale. Kappa coefficients ranged from 0.53 to 1.00 for individual item and an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.82 for the total PEDro score was observed. The standard error of the measurement of the scale was 0.58. The Portuguese version of the scale was comparable with the English version, with an ICC of 0.78. The inter-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian Portuguese PEDro Scale is adequate and similar to the original English version.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brazil
Databases, Bibliographic*
Humans
Language
Physical Therapy Modalities
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic*
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translating