Structural Validity of an ICF-Based Measure of Activity and Participation for Children in Taiwan’s Disability Eligibility Determination System
| Autor: | Lin-Ju Kang, Rune J. Simeonsson, Wen Chou Chi, Gary Bedell, Ting-Fang Wu, Tze Hsuan Wang, Tsan Hon Liou, Shu Jen Lu, Chia Feng Yen, Hua-Fang Liao, Ben Sheng Chang, Ai-Wen Hwang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Research design Adolescent Psychometrics Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Taiwan lcsh:Medicine Eligibility Determination Article Structural equation modeling Disability Evaluation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine children Surveys and Questionnaires participation Humans Disabled Persons 030212 general & internal medicine Child lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Construct validity Explained variation Confirmatory factor analysis Exploratory factor analysis disability Scale (social sciences) adolescence Female measurement Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 17 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 6134, p 6134 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17176134 |
| Popis: | To assess activity and participation for children in Taiwan&rsquo s Disability Eligibility Determination System (DEDS), we developed a questionnaire, the Functioning Disability Evaluation Scale (FUNDES-Child), based on the Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP). The study follows a methodology research design to investigate the construct validity of the frequency and independence dimensions of FUNDES-Child 7.0. Two samples were randomly stratified from the databank of 13,835 children and youth with disabilities aged 6.0&ndash 17.9 years to examine structural validity by exploratory factor analysis (EFA, n = 4111, mean age of 11.3 ± 3.5) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA, n = 4823, mean age of 11.4 ± 3.5)). EFA indicated a 4-factor structure for the frequency dimension (51.3% variance explained) and a 2-factor structure for the independence dimension (53.6% variance explained). The CFA indicated that the second-order factor structures of both dimensions were more parsimonious with adequate fit indices (Goodness fit Index, GFI Normed Fit Index, NFI Comparative Fit Index, CFI and Tucker-Lewis Index, TLI &ge 0.95, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, RMSEA < 0.06). Results provide evidence that the participation part of FUNDES-Child 7.0 has acceptable structural validity for use in Taiwan&rsquo s DEDS. Utility of FUNDES-Child 7.0 in rehabilitation, welfare, and educational services needs further study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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