title: Concurrent validity of the School Outcomes Measure (SOM) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) in preschool-age children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the concurrent validity of the School Outcomes Measure (SOM) compared with the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) in preschool-age children. This study also examined the consistency of children's motor performance across the home and school settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five school-based physical therapists collected data on 44 preschool-age children with physical or combined physical and cognitive disability. Correlation coefficients analyzed the strength of association between SOM and PEDI subscale scores, while participant group mean scores analyzed agreement between measures regarding level of motor performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlations between homologous PEDI and SOM subscale scores varied from rs = .53 to rs = .92 supporting concurrent validity. With some exceptions, group mean SOM scores showed agreement with group mean PEDI scores when children were categorized by age, gross motor function level, or PEDI cutoff score (1 or 2 SD below the mean).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results partially support concurrent validity between the SOM and PEDI, and suggest that the children's motor performance was similar across home and school settings. The findings also suggest that as a minimal database the SOM can reliably assess motor performance in the school setting; the disadvantage is difficulty interpreting SOM scores.
authors.forename: Rebecca A A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Thubi H A
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kolobe
authors.forename: Sandra H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Irene R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: McEwen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: child performance; concurrent validity; outcomes measures; pediatric evaluation of disability inventory; school outcomes measure; school-based therapy