title: Assessments used to diagnose developmental coordination disorder: do their underlying constructs match the diagnostic criteria?
abstract: This study examined the constructs underlying the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (M-ABC-2), Bruninks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-2 (VABS-2) using the framework of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health-Child Youth version (ICF-CY) and the diagnostic criteria of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Two independent raters coded and matched items to ICF-CY codes as per the eight ICF linking rules developed by Cierza and colleagues. Content density and inter-rater reliability were also calculated. The majority of codes assigned to the M-ABC-2 and BOTMP related to body functions (54% and 64% respectively). For the VABS-2, 91% of codes pertained to activities and participation. The M-ABC-2, BOTMP, and the VABS-2 emphasize the ICF-CY constructs differently. The VABS-2 may be useful in the evaluation of performance of daily life activities and participation in children with DCD.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospitals for Children-Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. vasiliki.darsaklis@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Darsaklis
authors.forename: Laurie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majnemer
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazer
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D053580:Muscle Strength; D015588:Observer Variation; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires