Functional status in limb deficiency: development of an outcome measure for preschool children. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To develop an outcome measure of functional status in preschool children with limb deficiency. DESIGN: Parents of preschool children with limb deficiency completed self-report measures during a routine medical clinic visit. SETTING: Outpatient pediatric clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-two parents of children (ages 4 to 7) with acquired or congenital limb deficiency. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The newly developed Child Amputee Prosthetics Project-Functional Status Inventory for Preschool children (CAPP-FSIP). RESULTS: Initial psychometric studies indicate high internal consistency reliability of the new instrument. Content validity was established through expert clinician review. Initial construct validity analyses confirm that the CAPP-FSIP discriminates between children with upper and lower deficiency and their prosthesis use for functional activities. CONCLUSION: The CAPP-FSIP is a promising new measure for evaluating preschool age children with limb deficiency.

authors

• Varni, James

published proceedings

• Arch Phys Med Rehabil

author list (cited authors)

• Pruitt, S. D., Varni, J. W., Seid, M., & Setoguchi, Y.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Pruitt, SD||Varni, JW||Seid, M||Setoguchi, Y

publication date

• April 1998

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Journal

keywords

• Activities Of Daily Living
• Amputees
• Artificial Limbs
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Disability Evaluation
• Health Status Indicators
• Humans
• Outcome Assessment, Health Care
• Psychometrics

PubMed Central ID

• 9552106

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90141-1

start page

• 405

end page

• 411

volume

• 79

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fs0003-9993%2898%2990141-1