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Article

Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Brief-BESTest in Stroke Patients

by
Beatriz Hernández-Moreda
1,
Inés Llamas-Ramos
1,2,3,*,
Rocío Llamas-Ramos
1,2,
Juan Luis Sánchez-González
1,2,
Beatriz María Bermejo-Gil
1,2,
Fátima Pérez-Robledo
1,2,
Elisa Frutos-Bernal
4 and
Ana María Martín-Nogueras
1,2
1
Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
2
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
3
University Hospital of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
4
Department of Statistics, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(10), 2873; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102873
Submission received: 24 March 2024 / Revised: 3 May 2024 / Accepted: 10 May 2024 / Published: 13 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Neurorehabilitation after Stroke)
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Abstract

Background: Balance disorders and postural control treatments play an important role in fall prevention. The Brief-BESTest is a short-scale employed to evaluate balance and fall risk in different populations. Balance assessment is a fundamental element in patients with Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation since postural alteration is one of the most frequent sequelae. The objective was to validate the Spanish version of the Brief-BESTest questionnaire in the stroke population. Methods: Subjects of both sexes aged over 18 years with a diagnosis of acute/chronic stroke were included. The BESTest, Mini-BESTest, Brief-BESTest, Berg Balance Scale, and Timed Up & Go Test were used to assess balance. The scales were implemented once. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency and confirmatory factorial analysis was employed to assess validity. Results: A total of 44 patients with a mean age of 65.35 years (SD = 10.665) participated. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient showed a high internal consistency with a value of 0.839. In the criterion validity, there was a high positive correlation between the Brief-BESTest and BESTest (r = 0.879), Mini-BESTest (r = 0.808), and Berg Balance Scale (r = 0.711). Conclusion: The Spanish version of the Brief-BESTest scale is valid and reliable, showing adequate psychometric properties for balance assessment in patients with acute or chronic stroke.
Keywords: Brief-BESTest; assessment; acquired brain injury; balance; physiotherapy Brief-BESTest; assessment; acquired brain injury; balance; physiotherapy

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Hernández-Moreda, B.; Llamas-Ramos, I.; Llamas-Ramos, R.; Sánchez-González, J.L.; Bermejo-Gil, B.M.; Pérez-Robledo, F.; Frutos-Bernal, E.; Martín-Nogueras, A.M. Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Brief-BESTest in Stroke Patients. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 2873. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102873

AMA Style

Hernández-Moreda B, Llamas-Ramos I, Llamas-Ramos R, Sánchez-González JL, Bermejo-Gil BM, Pérez-Robledo F, Frutos-Bernal E, Martín-Nogueras AM. Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Brief-BESTest in Stroke Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(10):2873. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102873

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Hernández-Moreda, Beatriz, Inés Llamas-Ramos, Rocío Llamas-Ramos, Juan Luis Sánchez-González, Beatriz María Bermejo-Gil, Fátima Pérez-Robledo, Elisa Frutos-Bernal, and Ana María Martín-Nogueras. 2024. "Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Brief-BESTest in Stroke Patients" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 10: 2873. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102873

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Hernández-Moreda, B., Llamas-Ramos, I., Llamas-Ramos, R., Sánchez-González, J. L., Bermejo-Gil, B. M., Pérez-Robledo, F., Frutos-Bernal, E., & Martín-Nogueras, A. M. (2024). Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Brief-BESTest in Stroke Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(10), 2873. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13102873

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