Validity and reliability of the Persian ABILHAND-Kids in a sample of Iranian children with cerebral palsy.

Validity and reliability of the Persian ABILHAND-Kids in a sample of Iranian children with cerebral palsy. Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Feb 19;:1-9 Authors: Mohammadkhani-Pordanjani E, Arnould C, Raji P, Nakhostin Ansari N, Hasson S Abstract AIM: To develop a Persian version of ABILHAND-Kids and to determine its reliability and validity in Persian-speaking children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: The ABILHAND-Kids questionnaire was translated into Persian language and cross-culturally adapted following guidelines. The Persian ABILHAND-Kids was administered to 50 parents of CP children. Among the 50 parents of CP children, 30 of them participated in a test-retest reliability phase. Fifty parents of healthy children participated for discriminative validity. RESULTS: The Rasch analysis indicated the unidimensionality, reliability, and global invariance of the Persian ABILHAND-Kids. The internal consistency reliability was high (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96). Floor and ceiling effects were insignificant (4%). The Intraclass Correlation Coefficients of test-retest reliability were 0.96 and 0.70 for item difficulties and children's measures, respectively. The standard error of measurement and smallest detectable change for CP measure were 11.21 and 31.07%, respectively. The discriminative validity of the Persian ABILHAND-Kids was demonstrated by statistically significant lower ABILHAND-Kids measures in CP children than in healthy...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research