Reliability of the assessment of mother-infant sensitivity-Chinese version for preterm and term Taiwanese mother-infant dyads.

Autor: Wu Y, Lin U, Yu Y, Hsieh W, Hsu C, Hsu H, Wang L, Jeng S
Zdroj: Physiotherapy Canada; Fall2010, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p397-403, 7p
Abstrakt: Purpose: The objectives of this study were to translate and modify the Assessment of MotherDSInfant Sensitivity scale into a Chinese version (modified AMIS-C) and to examine its reliability with preterm and term Taiwanese motherDSinfant dyads. Method: A total of 241 motherDSinfant pairs (179 preterm dyads and 62 term dyads) were prospectively recorded and their behaviour in feeding assessed using the modified AMIS-C when infants were at 4 and 6 months corrected age. A subset of the sample was used for interrater reliability testing, and the whole sample was used for assessment of internal consistency. Results: Interrater reliability was high for the modified AMIS-C section and total scores (intra-class correlation coefficients = 0.91DS0.99). Internal consistency was good to excellent for the maternal section and total score (alpha = 0.71DS0.86) and was fair to good for the infant and dyadic section score (alpha = 0.44DS0.75). Conclusions: The modified AMIS-C scale is a clinically feasible and reliable instrument for assessing motherDSinfant interaction of preterm and term dyads during early infancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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