Validation of a Bengali adaptation of the Conners' Parent Rating Scale (CPRS-48).
BACKGROUND
The Conners' Parent Rating Scales (CPRS) have been used to measure behavioural problems in drug trials in children for many years. This study in rural India aimed to validate a translated version of the CPRS-48 for use in a study of anti-epileptic drug side-effects.


METHODS
The Scale was translated into local dialect, back-translated, and piloted among healthy families. The revised version was then administered to mothers of 60 healthy children and 63 children with epilepsy. Tests of internal reliability, test-retest reliability and factor analysis were performed.


RESULTS
Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.60 to 0.75 for the subscales, and correlation coefficients after retesting from 0.84 to 0.99. The overall factor structure was very similar to that reported in the original USA sample.


CONCLUSIONS
The Bengali version of the CPRS-48 and its Hyperactivity Index have validity for rural Bengali children, and the process demonstrates that such instruments can be usefully adapted for local purposes.
Pal
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Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, Wolfson Centre, UK. d.pal@ucl.ac.uk
Chaudhury
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Das
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Sengupta
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012424:Rural Population
D000927:Anticonvulsants