Revised Hammersmith Scale for spinal muscular atrophy: A SMA specific clinical outcome assessment tool

Danielle Ramsey, Mariacristina Scoto, Anna Mayhew, Marion Main, Elena S Mazzone, Jacqueline Montes, Roberto de Sanctis, Sally Dunaway Young, Rachel Salazar, Allan M Glanzman, Amy Pasternak, Janet Quigley, Elizabeth Mirek, Tina Duong, Richard Gee, Matthew Civitello, Gihan Tennekoon, Marika Pane, Maria Carmela Pera, Kate Bushby, John Day, Basil T Darras, Darryl De Vivo, Richard Finkel, Eugenio Mercuri and Francesco Muntoni

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Recent translational research developments in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), outcome measure design and demands from regulatory authorities require that clinical outcome assessments are ‘fit for purpose’. An international collaboration (SMA REACH UK, Italian SMA Network and PNCRN USA) undertook an iterative process to address discontinuity in the recorded performance of the Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded and developed a revised functional scale using Rasch analysis, traditional psychometric techniques and the application of clinical sensibility via expert panels. Specifically, we intended to develop a psychometrically and clinically robust functional clinician rated outcome measure to assess physical abilities in weak SMA type 2 through to strong ambulant SMA type 3 patients. The final scale, the Revised Hammersmith Scale (RHS) for SMA, consisting of 36 items and two timed tests, was piloted in 138 patients with type 2 and 3 SMA in an observational cross-sectional multi-centre study across the three national networks. Rasch analysis demonstrated very good fit of all 36 items to the construct of motor performance, good reliability with a high Person Separation Index PSI 0.98, logical and hierarchical scoring in 27/36 items and excellent targeting with minimal ceiling. The RHS differentiated between clinically different groups: SMA type, World Health Organisation (WHO) categories, ambulatory status, and SMA type combined with ambulatory status (all p

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