Development and Validation of an Assessment tool for evaluation of Children with disabilities in the Community
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- For content validation:
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study aims to create and validate an assessment tool specifically designed for children with disabilities (CWD) in community settings. The tool will cover important areas such as body structure and function, activity limitations, participation restrictions, and contextual factors, based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY).
The research will be conducted in three stages: developing the tool, refining it with input from experts, and testing its reliability and validity by comparing it with an established gold-standard tool. The study will involve children with disabilities (aged 0-15 years, focusing on locomotor and neurodivergent conditions) and experts in the field. The outcomes are anticipated to enhance long-term intervention planning for children with disabilities, benefiting both individuals and society.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 0.00 Year(s) to 15.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •For Content Validation: Experts with at least 1 year of experience in treating children with disabilities.
- •Availability to commit time to assess the assessment form.
- •For Concurrent validation and Reliability: Children with locomotor and neurodivergent disabilities that include- Cerebral palsy, Muscular dystrophy, Spina bifida, Down syndrome, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Specific learning disabilities, Intellectual disability.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Children with mental illness, Children without disabilities, Children above the age of 15 years.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
For content validation:
Time Frame: Content Validation: Baseline | Inter-rater reliability: Rater centric timepoints
Content Validation Index (CVI) (which is set at 0.80)
Time Frame: Content Validation: Baseline | Inter-rater reliability: Rater centric timepoints
For Inter-rater Reliability of the assessment tool:
Time Frame: Content Validation: Baseline | Inter-rater reliability: Rater centric timepoints
Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) values among the investigators administering the tool.
Time Frame: Content Validation: Baseline | Inter-rater reliability: Rater centric timepoints
Secondary Outcomes
- Proportion of items retained after expert review & Likert scale scoring (80%)
Investigators
Ancilla Blessy Verghese
Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal