A Screening Tool to Identify Spasticity in Need of Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a clinically useful patient-reported screening tool for health care providers to identify patients with spasticity in need of treatment regardless of etiology.

Design

Eleven spasticity experts participated in a modified Delphi panel and reviewed and revised 2 iterations of a screening tool designed to identify spasticity symptoms and impact on daily function and sleep. Spasticity expert panelists evaluated items pooled from existing questionnaires to gain consensus on the screening tool content. The study also included cognitive interviews of 20 patients with varying spasticity etiologies to determine if the draft screening tool was understandable and relevant to patients with spasticity.

Results

The Delphi panel reached an initial consensus on 21

SUBMITTER: Zorowitz RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404395 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature