title: Child rearing knowledge and practice scales for women with epilepsy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Comprehensive instruments to evaluate the child rearing knowledge and practice are not readily available for clinical research.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have designed in two phases a new instrument to evaluate the child rearing knowledge and practice under the four major domains of child rearing. Twenty-five subject experts from the field of Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Neurology and Nursing elicited the content validity of the instrument. The test retest reliability was evaluated by 25 young mothers who completed the CRKS at an interval of two weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Content Validity Ratio (CVR) of individual items ranged between 0.6 to 1. The reliability was tested for the 20 individual items of the CRKS using Kappa coefficient. The measurement of agreement Kappa ranged from 0.51 to 1. The total knowledge scores and sub scores data were analysed for correlation using Pearson's correlation coefficient. A significant Pearson's correlation indicated that the total scores were consistent over time (r = 0.89). The sub scores on feeding (6 items), Growth and development (4 items), protection (7 items), and infant stimulation (3 items) were found to have reliability of 0.91, 0.76, 0.84, and 0.89 respectively using Pearson's correlation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The instrument is found to be valid and reliable and can be used to measure child rearing knowledge and practice in early infancy.
authors.affiliation: Kerala Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum - 695011, Kerala State, India.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Saramma
authors.forename: Sanjeev V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Thomas