TY - JOUR
T1 - The Nordic Housing Enabler
T2 - inter-rater reliability in cross-nordic occupational therapy practice
AU - Helle, Tina
AU - Slaug, Bjørn
AU - Brandt, Åse
AU - Iwarsson, Susanne
AU - Nygren, Carita
AU - Pikkarainen, Aila
AU - Hansen, Anne-Grethe
AU - Pétursdórttir, Emma
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study addresses development of a content valid cross-Nordic version of the Housing Enabler and investigation of its inter-rater reliability when used in occupational therapy rating situations, involving occupational therapists, clients and their home environments. The instrument was translated from the original Swedish version of the Housing Enabler, and adapted according to accessibility norms and guidelines for housing design in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. This iterative process involved occupational therapists, architects, building engineers and professional translators, resulting in the Nordic Housing Enabler. For reliability testing, the sampling strategy and data collection procedures used were the same in all countries. Twenty voluntary occupational therapists, pair-wise but independently from each other, collected data from 106 cases by means of the Nordic Housing Enabler. Inter-rater reliability was calculated by means of percentage agreement and kappa statistics. Overall good percentage agreement for the personal and environmental components of the instrument was shown, indicating that the instrument was sufficiently reliable for application in practice and research in the Nordic context. The varying kappa results highlights the need for further study in order to understand the influence of prevalence more profoundly, which should be kept in mind when interpreting the results. Keywords: Accessibility, physical environment, housing adaptation, occupational therapy, translation.
AB - This study addresses development of a content valid cross-Nordic version of the Housing Enabler and investigation of its inter-rater reliability when used in occupational therapy rating situations, involving occupational therapists, clients and their home environments. The instrument was translated from the original Swedish version of the Housing Enabler, and adapted according to accessibility norms and guidelines for housing design in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. This iterative process involved occupational therapists, architects, building engineers and professional translators, resulting in the Nordic Housing Enabler. For reliability testing, the sampling strategy and data collection procedures used were the same in all countries. Twenty voluntary occupational therapists, pair-wise but independently from each other, collected data from 106 cases by means of the Nordic Housing Enabler. Inter-rater reliability was calculated by means of percentage agreement and kappa statistics. Overall good percentage agreement for the personal and environmental components of the instrument was shown, indicating that the instrument was sufficiently reliable for application in practice and research in the Nordic context. The varying kappa results highlights the need for further study in order to understand the influence of prevalence more profoundly, which should be kept in mind when interpreting the results. Keywords: Accessibility, physical environment, housing adaptation, occupational therapy, translation.
KW - health, nutrition and quality of life
KW - accessibility
KW - housing adaption
KW - occupational therapy
KW - physical environment
KW - translation
KW - accessibility
KW - housing adaption
KW - occupational therapy
KW - physical environment
KW - translation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649260201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/11038120903265014
DO - 10.3109/11038120903265014
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1103-8128
VL - 17
SP - 258
EP - 266
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
IS - 4
ER -