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Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Ataxia management is mainly based on rehabilitation, symptomatic management, and functional improvement. Therefore, it is important to comprehensively assess ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. Recently, the movement disorders society recommended four generic ataxia rating scales: scale fo...

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Autores principales: Etoom, Mohammad, Jahan, Alhadi M., Alghwiri, Alia, Lena, Francesco, Modugno, Nicola
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122459
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author Etoom, Mohammad
Jahan, Alhadi M.
Alghwiri, Alia
Lena, Francesco
Modugno, Nicola
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Jahan, Alhadi M.
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Lena, Francesco
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description Ataxia management is mainly based on rehabilitation, symptomatic management, and functional improvement. Therefore, it is important to comprehensively assess ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. Recently, the movement disorders society recommended four generic ataxia rating scales: scale for assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), international cooperative ataxia rating scales, Friedreich’s ataxia rating scale (FARS), and unified multiple system atrophy rating scale (UMSARS). The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the content of the recommended ataxia rating scales by linking them to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). A total of 125 meaningful concepts from 93 items of the four included scales were linked to 57 different ICF categories. The ICF categories were distributed in body structure (n = 8), body function (n = 26), activity and participation (n = 20), and environmental factors (n = 3) components. UMSARS and FARS were the only ones that have addressed the body structure or environmental factors component. The content analysis of ataxia rating scales would help clinicians and researchers select the most appropriate scale and understand ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. It seems that SARA is the optimal scale for rapid assessment of ataxia or in busy clinical settings. UMSARS or FARS are more appropriate for the investigating the impact of ataxia on overall health, and monitoring ataxia progression and disability.
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spelling pubmed-97786452022-12-23 Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Etoom, Mohammad Jahan, Alhadi M. Alghwiri, Alia Lena, Francesco Modugno, Nicola Healthcare (Basel) Article Ataxia management is mainly based on rehabilitation, symptomatic management, and functional improvement. Therefore, it is important to comprehensively assess ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. Recently, the movement disorders society recommended four generic ataxia rating scales: scale for assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), international cooperative ataxia rating scales, Friedreich’s ataxia rating scale (FARS), and unified multiple system atrophy rating scale (UMSARS). The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the content of the recommended ataxia rating scales by linking them to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). A total of 125 meaningful concepts from 93 items of the four included scales were linked to 57 different ICF categories. The ICF categories were distributed in body structure (n = 8), body function (n = 26), activity and participation (n = 20), and environmental factors (n = 3) components. UMSARS and FARS were the only ones that have addressed the body structure or environmental factors component. The content analysis of ataxia rating scales would help clinicians and researchers select the most appropriate scale and understand ataxic symptoms and their impact on function. It seems that SARA is the optimal scale for rapid assessment of ataxia or in busy clinical settings. UMSARS or FARS are more appropriate for the investigating the impact of ataxia on overall health, and monitoring ataxia progression and disability. MDPI 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9778645/ /pubmed/36553983 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122459 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ataxia Rating Scales: Content Analysis by Linking to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122459
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