title: Reliability of the modified Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, Dutch version (PEDI-NL) for children with cerebral palsy and cerebral visual impairment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of this study were to adapt the Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, Dutch version (PEDI-NL) for children with cerebral visual impairment (CVI) and cerebral palsy (CP) and determine test-retest and inter-respondent reliability.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Delphi method was used to gain consensus among twenty-one health experts familiar with CVI. Test-retest and inter-respondent reliability were assessed for parents and caregivers of 75 children (aged 50-144 months) with CP and CVI. The percentage identical scores of item scores were computed, as well as the interclass coefficients (ICC) and Cronbach's alphas of scale scores over the domains self-care, mobility, and social function.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All experts agreed on the adaptation of the PEDI-NL for children with CVI. On item score, for the Functional Skills scale, mean percentage identical scores variations for test-retest reliability were 73-79 with Caregiver Assistance scale 73-81, and for inter-respondent reliability 21-76 with Caregiver Assistance scale 40-43. For all scales over all domains ICCs exceeded 0.87. For the domains self-care, mobility, and social function, the Functional Skills scale and the Caregiver Assistance scale have Cronbach's alpha above 0.88.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The adapted PEDI-NL for children with CP and CVI is reliable and comparable to the original PEDI-NL.
authors.affiliation: Royal Dutch Visio, Centre of Expertise for Blind and Partially Sighted People, The Netherlands; Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and in Nursing, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: MasoudSalavati@visio.org.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salavati
authors.affiliation: Royal Dutch Visio, Centre of Expertise for Blind and Partially Sighted People, The Netherlands; Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and in Nursing, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waninge
authors.affiliation: Maastricht University, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands; Adelante Center of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology, Valkenburg and Hoensbroek, The Netherlands; AVANSplus, University for Professionals for Paediatric Physical Therapy, Breda, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E A A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rameckers
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A C E
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Blécourt
authors.affiliation: Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and in Nursing, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Krijnen
authors.affiliation: Australian Catholic University, School of Psychology, Melbourne, Australia; Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steenbergen
authors.affiliation: Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and in Nursing, Groningen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: van der Schans
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Cerebral palsy; Cerebral visual impairment; Children; Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, Dutch version (PEDI-NL)