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. 2020 Jun 24;66(4):444-451.
doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2020.4091. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the ABILHAND-Kids Survey in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Ebru Şahin  1 , Banu Dilek  1 , Ali Karakaş  1 , Onur Engin  2 , Selmin Gülbahar  1 , Ömer Faruk Dadaş  3 , Minuse Özlen Peker  1 , Özlem El  1
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Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the ABILHAND-Kids Survey in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Ebru Şahin et al. Turk J Phys Med Rehabil. .

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of the present study is to develop a Turkish version of the ABILHAND-Kids Survey, which evaluates upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to carry out a validity and reliability study of the survey for Turkish CP patients.

Materials and methods: Between November 2016 and March 2017, a total of 109 pediatric CP patients (62 males, 47 females; mean age 9.3±2.9 years; range, 6 to 15 years) followed in our outpatient clinic were included. The demographic characteristics and type of CP of the patients were recorded. A functional evaluation was made using the ABILHAND-Kids and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) surveys. The reliability of the surveys was tested based on internal consistency (Cronbach's α) and test-retest (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]) methods. The validity of the approach was evaluated using converted scores from an ABILHAND-Kids Rasch analysis and a correlation of the MACS levels.

Results: The ICC value for the test/retest reliability was 0.98 and internal consistency was 0.94. A strong negative correlation was found between the Turkish version of the ABILHAND-Kids and MACS surveys (r=-0.849; p<0.001). A Rasch analysis indicated good item fit, unidimensionality, and model fit.

Conclusion: The Turkish version of the ABILHAND-Kids survey is a reliable and valid scale for the assessment of manual ability in Turkish children with CP.

Keywords: ABILHAND-kids; Turkish; cerebral palsy; reliability; validity.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

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