Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale for the Italian Paediatric Population.

Autor: Pizza F; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Tofani M; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Medical Directorate, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.; Department of Life Sciences, Health and Allied Healthcare Professions Università degli Studi 'Link Campus University', Rome, Italy., Biondo G; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Giordani C; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Murgioni C; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Raponi M; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Professional Development, Continuous Education and Research Service, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Della Bella G; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Cerchiari A; Management and Diagnostic Innovations & Clinical Pathways Research Area, Neurorehabilitation and Adapted Physical Activity Day Hospital, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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Zdroj: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice [J Eval Clin Pract] 2025 Feb; Vol. 31 (1), pp. e14283.
DOI: 10.1111/jep.14283
Abstrakt: Background: Chewing is a fundamental motor activity, but there is no specific assessment tool in Italian for paediatric rehabilitation. The Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale (KCPS) is a performance-based assessment tool that allow to classify chewing performance in childhood.
Objective: To translate, culturally adapt and assess reliability, criterion validity and cross-cultural validity of the KCPS into Italian in a paediatric population.
Methods: Following international guidelines, the KCPS was translated and culturally adapted into Italian. Inter-rater reliability was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), the criterion validity using the Pearson correlation coefficient comparing KCPS score with the Paediatric Screening-Priority Evaluation Dysphagia (PS-PED), and cross-cultural validity was examined across diagnostic groups.
Results: The study included 165 children with a mean age of 6.33 with different health conditions, namely autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy and genetic syndromes. The analysis revealed that KCPS was reliable measure with a ICC 0.93, and a moderate positive linear correlation with the PS-PED (Pearson 0.48) was found. In each diagnostic group, chewing performance disorders were found, highlighting specific characteristics.
Conclusions: Despite limited sample in reliability analysis and the need of exploring the relationship with chewing abilities and severity of diseases, the KCPS was found a reliable and valid tool for determining the level of chewing performance in paediatric population. Now Italian clinicians can use it with more confidence in their clinical practice and research.
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