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Reliability and validity of the Korean-language version of the Communication Function Classification System in children with cerebral palsy.
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Child: care, health and development [Child Care Health Dev] 2018 Jan; Vol. 44 (1), pp. 140-146. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 20. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Purpose: The Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) and Viking Speech Scale (VSS) are useful systems for describing the broad communication function and speech intelligibility, respectively, of children with cerebral palsy (CP). The aims of this study were to determine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the CFCS and also to investigate the association between the CFCS and the VSS and other functional classifications for children with CP.<br />Materials and Methods: Participants were 50 children with CP (33 males, 17 females; mean age 7.2 years, range 4-16 years) recruited from a rehabilitation hospital. We analysed the interrater and intrarater reliabilities of the Korean version of the CFCS and VSS between parents, a physiatrist, and a speech-language pathologist (SLP). The social function domain of the Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory was assessed to examine the concurrent validity of the CFCS and VSS.<br />Results: The intrarater reliabilities of the CFCS and VSS were excellent in a physiatrist (ƙ = 0.92, ƙ = 0.94, respectively) and an SLP (ƙ = 0.98, ƙ = 0.98) and very good in parents (ƙ = 0.87, ƙ = 0.89). The interrater reliability of the CFCS and VSS was very good between the physiatrist and SLP (ƙ = 0.87, ƙ = 0.89) and good between parents and the SLP (ƙ = 0.63, ƙ = 0.78) and between parents and the physiatrist (ƙ = 0.61, ƙ = 0.76). The CFCS and VSS were strongly related with the social function domain of Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. In addition, we found very strong associations between the VSS and CFCS.<br />Conclusions: The Korean version of the CFCS is a valid and reliable tool to classify communication ability and is strongly associated with the VSS, a reliable tool to classify speech intelligibility.<br /> (© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Cerebral Palsy classification
Cerebral Palsy physiopathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Communication Disorders physiopathology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disability Evaluation
Female
Humans
Language
Male
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Republic of Korea
Severity of Illness Index
Speech Intelligibility
Cerebral Palsy complications
Communication Disorders diagnosis
Communication Disorders etiology
Language Tests standards
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1365-2214
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child: care, health and development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28929518
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12507