Reliability and Acceptability to Caregivers of Telehealth Administration of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory – Computer Adaptive Test (Pedi-Cat) for Brazilian Youth with Down Syndrome (original) (raw)

Physiotherapy Canada

Abstract

Purpose: To estimate test-retest reliability of the two versions of the PEDI-CAT administered via telehealth to caregivers of Brazilian young people with DS, to compare scores on the two versions, and to determine caregiver acceptance of telehealth administration of the assessment. Method: A methodological study approved by the research ethics committee. Data collection was performed online, with a mean duration of 45.0 minutes for the content-balanced version of the PEDI-CAT and 17.5 minutes for the speedy version. Results: In total, 28 caregivers of individuals with DS up to age 21 years participated (mean = 5.9 years; SD = 4.9 years). Intra-class correlation coefficients for the four domains of the PEDI-CAT content-balanced version and four domains of the PEDI-CAT speedy version ranged from 0.77 to 0.97. There was a statistical difference between the versions in the scores of the social-cognitive domain ( p < 0.05). A mean of 105 items (SD = 21) was administered in the content...

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