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A psychometric evaluation of the Motor-Behavioral Assessment Scale for use as an outcome measure in Rett syndrome clinical trials
Raspa, M. R., Bann, C. M., Gwaltney, A. Y., Benke, T. A., Fu, C., Glaze, D. G., Haas, R., Heydemann, P., Jones, M., Kaufmann, W. E., Leiberman, D., Marsh, E., Peters, S., Ryther, R., Standridge, S., Skinner, S. A., Percy, A. K., & Neul, J. L. (2020). A psychometric evaluation of the Motor-Behavioral Assessment Scale for use as an outcome measure in Rett syndrome clinical trials. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 125(6), 493-509. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-125.6.493
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects females. Recent work indicates the potential for disease modifying therapies. However, there remains a need to develop outcome measures for use in clinical trials. Using data from a natural history study (n = 1,075), we examined the factor structure, internal consistency, and validity of the clinician-reported Motor Behavior Assessment scale (MBA). The analysis resulted in a five-factor model: (1) motor dysfunction, (2) functional skills, (3) social skills, (4) aberrant behavior, and (5) respiratory behaviors. Item Response Theory (IRT) analyses demonstrated that all items had acceptable discrimination. The revised MBA subscales showed a positive relationship with parent reported items, age, and a commonly used measure of clinical severity in RTT, and mutation type. Further work is needed to evaluate this measure longitudinally and to add items related to the RTT phenotype.
