Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia

Czech version

Authors: Merklová K.; Rejtarová A.; Angerová Y.
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika rehabilitačního lékařství, 1. lékařská fakulta, Univerzita Karlova a Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze
Published in: Rehabil. fyz. Lék., 29, 2022, No. 4, pp. 203-207.
Category: Original Papers
doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/ccrhfl2022203

Overview

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Teaching Hospital in Prague has been dealing with patients after brain damage in a long term. Cerebellar ataxia is a very important symptom observed in these patients. The “Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA)” was chosen from the available evaluation tools, which was translated from English into Czech using the so-called “back translation” method. Subsequently, the applicability of the translation in practice was evaluated. The article describes the creation of the translation and the subsequent evaluation process. The translation was created with the help of two impartial translators on a native English speaker level and was continuously consulted with the supervisor. The evaluation process of the SARA translation consisted of the assessment of its usability by occupational therapists from the Czech Republic and the assessment of its usability by the author of the bachelor’s thesis on a sample of nine patients with cerebellar ataxia. An online questionnaire regarding the assessment was given to the occupational therapists. The work resulted in a translated SARA tool in the Czech language and in the evaluation of its applicability in occupational therapy practice.

Keywords:

occupational therapy – Cerebellar ataxia – ataxia evaluation – SARA

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