作者
Marwa Elamin, Marta Pinto-Grau, Tom Burke, Peter Bede, James Rooney, Meabhdh O’Sullivan, Katie Lonergan, Emma Kirby, Emma Quinlan, Nadia Breen, Alice Vajda, Mark Heverin, Niall Pender, Orla Hardiman
发表日期
2017/1/2
期刊
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
卷号
18
期号
1-2
页码范围
68-73
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Objective:
Behavioural changes are an important part of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, most tools do not account for the influence of motor impairment. Furthermore, they do not fully measure the broad range of behavioural changes specific to ALS. This study aimed to develop and validate an ALS specific behavioural inventory, the Beaumont Behavioural Inventory (BBI).
Methods:
The BBI was validated in a cohort of ALS patients (n = 85) and 78 age-, gender-, and education-matched controls. The scale was validated against the Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale (FrSBe) and The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) for convergent validity, and against other non-behavioural measures to assess discriminant validity. Reliability was assessed with Cronbach's alpha.
Results:
The instrument showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha value =0.891). BBI scores highly correlated with the FrSBe and …
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