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Objective: To develop a remote protocol for the upper extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment (reFMA) and assess the reliability and validity with in-person delivery. Design: Feasibility testing. Setting: Remote/virtual and in-person in participants’ homes. Participants: Three triads of therapists, stroke survivors, and carepartners (N=9) participated in Phases 1 and 2. Twelve different stroke survivors participated in Phase 3. Intervention: The FMA was administered and received remotely using the instructional protocol (Phases 1 and 2). Pilot testing with the delivery of the reFMA remotely and the FMA in-person occurred in Phase 3. Main Outcome Measures: Feedback for refinement and feasibility of obtaining the reFMA (including the System Usability Scale) and the FMA scores remotely and in-person to assess reliability and validity of the reFMA. Results: The reFMA was refined to incorporate feedback and suggestions from users. Interrater reliability between 2 therapists evaluating the FMA remotely was found to be poor with little agreement. For criterion validity, only 1 out of 12 (8.3%) total scores were in agreement between the in-person and remote assessments. Conclusion: Reliable and valid remote administration of the FMA is an important aspect of telerehabilitation for the upper extremity after stroke, but further research is needed to address current protocol limitations. This study provides preliminary support for the need for alternative strategies to improve appropriate implementation of the FMA remotely. Possible explanations for the poor reliability are explored and suggestions for improvement of the remote delivery of the FMA are provided.

Abstract Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare statistical knowledge of health science faculty across accredited schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. Methods: A probability sample of schools was selected, and all faculty at each selected school were invited to participate in an online statistical knowledge assessment that covered fundamental topics including randomization, study design, statistical power, confidence intervals, multiple testing, standard error, regression outcome, and odds ratio. Results: A total of 708 faculty from 102 schools participated. The overall response rate was 6.5%. Most (94.2%) faculty reported reading the peer-reviewed health-related literature. Respondents answered 66.2% of questions correctly across all questions and disciplines. Public health had the highest performance (80.7%) and dentistry the lowest (53.3%). Conclusions: Knowledge of statistics is essential for critically evaluating evidence and understanding the health literature. These study results identify a gap in knowledge by educators tasked with training the next generation of health science professionals. Recommendations for addressing this gap are provided.

Mothers of school-aged children ages 3 to 17 years with developmental disabilities (DDs) commonly report sleep problems in their children associated with impaired maternal sleep. However, existing research relies heavily on mothers' self-reported sleep. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of objectively measuring child and mother sleep-wake patterns using actigraphy and videosomnography. This was an observational pilot study. Mothers wore actigraphy watches and video-recorded their child's sleep for 7 nights. Mothers also completed a 7-day sleep diary and questionnaires on sleep quality, depressive symptoms, stress, and child sleep problems. Ten mothers (32-49 years) and ten children with DDs (8-12 years) completed this study. Half of the children were boys with autism spectrum disorders. We successfully recruited 77% of eligible mothers for the study during the pandemic. Eight mothers successfully wore the actigraphy, and nine successfully video-recorded their child's sleep. Mothers rated their participation positively and considered the data collection protocol acceptable. While mothers' sleep patterns from actigraphy were mostly within recommendations, self-reported sleep quality was poor. Child's sleep estimates from videosomnography showed children slept substantially less than recommended sleep hours. Mothers also reported a high frequency of child sleep problems. Consistent with this pattern, mothers also endorsed elevated stress and depression. The use of actigraphy and videosomnography is feasible. Objective sleep measurement for mothers' and children's sleep is needed with self-report to measure multidimensional aspects of sleep and discrepancies between objective and self-report sleep measures. Future studies can use multi-methods sleep measures and work toward interventions that can improve family sleep and reduce mothers' stress and depression.