ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
ICU Mobility Scale translation to French and validation
Authors' conclusion
IMS-FR is available for French ICUs, supporting the implementation of early mobilization strategies and enhancing interdisciplinary communication.
Study context
- Population
- Patients in six French ICUs6 assessors
- Participants
- 92 patients
- Outcome
- Translation of IMS into French and its inter-rater reliability
Methodological detailsmulticentre, prospective, Structured translation by French physiotherapists; back-translation validated by the original ICU Mobility Scale (IMS) author
- Multicentre
- Prospective
- Structured translation by French physiotherapists; back-translation validated by the original IMS author
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Inter-rater reliability of IMS-FR
- Overall inter-rater reliability (Kendall's W), excellent
- 0.90
- Weighted kappa, nurses (within group)
- 0.80
- Weighted kappa, physicians (within group)
- 0.86
- Weighted kappa, physiotherapists (within group)
- 0.97
- Weighted kappa, nurses vs both physicians and physiotherapists
- 0.82
- Weighted kappa, physicians vs physiotherapists
- 0.89
Secondary outcomes
IMS-FR score
- Median IMS-FR score (1 (0.5-5))
Correspondence of IMS-FR classification with clinical practice (30 French physiotherapists)
- Ranking of IMS-FR items well-aligned with the original IMS
Original publication
ICU Mobility Scale translation to French and validation. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 1 May 2025. doi:10.
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