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ArticleNeurology and therapy2022

Interrater and Intrarater Agreement of Epileptic Encephalopathy Among Electroencephalographers for Children with Infantile Spasms Using the Burden of Amplitudes and Epileptiform Discharges (BASED) EEG Grading Scale: Study Design and Statistical Considerations.

Xinting Liu, Jian Chen, Lin Wan, Zhichao Li, Yan Liang, Huimin Yan, Guangyu Zhu, Bo Zhang, Guang Yang

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  1. Inter-rater reliability and clinical utility of the BASED score in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026
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Xinting Liu *Department of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jian Chen *Department of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Lin Wan *Department of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhichao LiDepartment of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yan LiangDepartment of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Huimin YanDepartment of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guangyu ZhuDepartment of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Bo ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. bo.zhang@childrens.harvard.edu.
Guang YangDepartment of Pediatrics, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. yangg301@126.com.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNPLA Academy of Military Science · CNBoston Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Rhode Island · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfantile spasms are a serious epilepsy syndrome with a poor prognosis. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been a key component in the prognosis and treatment of infantile spasms. This multi-center study protocol is developed to investigate interrater and intrarater agreement of an electroencephalographic grading scale-the Burden of Amplitudes and Epileptiform Discharges (BASED) score among electroencephalographers.

methodsThirty children, aged 0-2 years, with infantile spasms who were hospitalized in the Chinese PLA General Hospital will be recruited into this study by stratified sampling. Seven electroencephalographers from different Class A tertiary hospitals will select a 5-min epoch with the most severe epileptiform discharge, score the EEG reports, and provide the basis for the scoring. The 420 (30 × 7 × 2) scoring results provided by electroencephalographers in two rounds can be analyzed statistically using weighted kappa (weighted [Formula: see text]) statstic, Fless' kappa (Fless' [Formula: see text]) statistic, and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to calculate the interrater and intrarater agreement. DISCUSSION: We will recruit more electroencephalographers than were included in previous studies to assess the interrater and intrarater agreement in the selection of 5-min EEG epochs, the BASED scores, and the basis for scoring. If the BASED score has an adequate interrater and intrarater agreement, the score will have more significance for guiding the clinical management and for predicting the prognosis of patients with infantile spasms.

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