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The inter-rater reliability of the Italian version of Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) for acute ischemic stroke

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Background

The Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) is a screening questionnaire used for examining language in acute stroke patients. The ART was initially developed and validated in French. The purpose of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability of Italian ART.

Methods

The original version of the ART was translated into Italian. The inter-rater reliability was assessed by two independent neurologists who were blind to each other’s ratings in 52 acute post-stroke patients.

Results

The 52 patients (28 men, 24 women; mean age 73.73 ± 28.99 years) were included within 1 week of stroke onset (46 ischemic, 6 hemorrhagic), as assessed by clinical examination and confirmed by CT and/or MRI. The mean (± SD) ART value was 9.38 (± 9.26) for rater 1 and 9 (±9.31) for rater 2. The inter-rater agreement was very good, with a coefficient of concordance of 0.99 (95% CI 0.986–0.995; p < 0.0001) and a weighted kappa of 0.878 and a quadratic weighted kappa of 0.983.

Conclusions

This study showed that the cross-cultural adaptation of the French version of the ART was successful in an Italian-speaking population.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Costanza Zavanone, professor of Italian, for the collaboration in the translation of ART.

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  1. Neurology Department, Garibaldi Hospital, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, 5, 95124, Catania, CT, Italy

    Mariangela Panebianco, Antonino Pavone & Salvo Napolitano

  2. Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Mariangela Panebianco

  3. APHP, Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 47-83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France

    Chiara Zavanone & Sophie Dupont

  4. Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013, Paris, France

    Sophie Dupont & Yves Samson

  5. Neurology Department, Civile Hospital of Legnano, Via Candiani Cesare, 2, 20025, Legnano, MI, Italy

    Patrizia Perrone

  6. APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 47-83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France

    Anne Leger & Yves Samson

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Panebianco, M., Zavanone, C., Dupont, S. et al. The inter-rater reliability of the Italian version of Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) for acute ischemic stroke. Neurol Sci 40, 2171–2174 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03931-2

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