title: The Thai version of the Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale (MCH-FS): psychometric properties.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To standardize and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale (MCH-FS).
  
  
  METHODS
  The MCH-FS was translated and the cultural effects of the Thai version (Thai.MCH-FS) were reviewed. Caregivers of 200 children between the age of12 and 48 months were interviewed and completed the Thai.MCH-FS. In addition to demographic information, each child had a physical exam and anthropometric measures were taken. Each child was classified with or without feeding problems by at least two of three pediatricians who were blind to the results of the feeding scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency for reliability was high (Cronbach's alpha at 0.835). The area under the ROC curve was 0.864. With a discrimination score of 40, both sensitivity (72%) and specificity (80.67%) were at acceptable levels. Factor analysis resulted in three factors accounting for 52.3%. Of the 200 children, 150 children were classified with nofeedingproblems and 50 with feeding problems. There were no significant differences in the characteristics of the two groups; however the Thai.MCH-FS scores were significantly different for the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Thai version of the MCH-FS has been shown to be a valid and reliable short scale for detecting feeding problems in a pediatric care setting.
authors.forename: Banchaun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benjasuwantep
authors.forename: Suthee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rattanamongkolgul
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramsay
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D017028:Caregivers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand