title: Functional status in limb deficiency: development of an outcome measure for preschool children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop an outcome measure of functional status in preschool children with limb deficiency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents of preschool children with limb deficiency completed self-report measures during a routine medical clinic visit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient pediatric clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two parents of children (ages 4 to 7) with acquired or congenital limb deficiency.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CAPP-FSIP is a promising new measure for evaluating preschool age children with limb deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, School of Medicine, San Deigo Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 92161, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pruitt
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Varni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seid
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Setoguchi
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011594:Psychometrics