Development of the new Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale
| Autor: | Patricia Rigby, Betty Chan, Kent A. Campbell, Barbara Germon, Stephen Ryan, Darlene Hubley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Family Health
media_common.quotation_subject Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Applied psychology Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation medicine.disease Self-Help Devices Social relation Cerebral palsy Caregivers Scale (social sciences) Child Preschool Surveys and Questionnaires Content validity medicine Caregiver stress Humans Psychology Child Autonomy media_common Face validity |
| Zdroj: | International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation. 29(3) |
| ISSN: | 0342-5282 |
| Popis: | Children with physical disabilities generally require more care, attention and direct supervision than children without disabilities. Research demonstrates that these higher care-giving demands are associated with poorer psychological and physical health states for parents and other family members. Assistive technologies may have a role in mitigating caregiver stress and burden by improving functional performance, social interaction and autonomy in children with physical disabilities. In this paper, we report on the initial development and testing of the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale - a new measure designed to detect the multidimensional effect of assistive device use on families who have young children with disabilities. To study the content validity and face validity of the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale, we conducted structured evaluations of the proposed constructs and items with 14 clinical experts and parents of young children with cerebral palsy. Experts agreed that the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale contains the key variables needed to study the effect of assistive technology use on child and family functioning. Parents concurred that items on the preliminary version were relevant and clear. Further research is planned to estimate the reliability and other aspects of validity of the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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