Sara Rosenblum1. 1. Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. rosens@research.haifa.ac.il
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study was used to (1) develop an occupational therapy screening questionnaire (the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire [HPSQ]) to identify handwriting difficulties among school-aged children and (2) examine its reliability and validity. METHOD: The questionnaire's content validity was established. Internal consistency, interrater and test-retest reliability, and concurrent and construct validity were initiated. Participants included 7- to 14-year-old (N = 230) typically developing school-aged children. RESULTS: The tool demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha = .90). Test-retest reliability for the score revealed an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of .84 and interrater reliability of ICC = .92 for the total questionnaire score. Construct and concurrent validity were also confirmed. CONCLUSION: The HPSQ is suitable for use by occupational therapists for identification of handwriting deficiency among school-aged children and is appropriate for varied academic and clinical uses. More studies with larger samples of varied age groups are required to further support the questionnaire's reliability and validity.
OBJECTIVE: This study was used to (1) develop an occupational therapy screening questionnaire (the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire [HPSQ]) to identify handwriting difficulties among school-aged children and (2) examine its reliability and validity. METHOD: The questionnaire's content validity was established. Internal consistency, interrater and test-retest reliability, and concurrent and construct validity were initiated. Participants included 7- to 14-year-old (N = 230) typically developing school-aged children. RESULTS: The tool demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha = .90). Test-retest reliability for the score revealed an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of .84 and interrater reliability of ICC = .92 for the total questionnaire score. Construct and concurrent validity were also confirmed. CONCLUSION: The HPSQ is suitable for use by occupational therapists for identification of handwriting deficiency among school-aged children and is appropriate for varied academic and clinical uses. More studies with larger samples of varied age groups are required to further support the questionnaire's reliability and validity.
Authors: Rainer Blank; Anna L Barnett; John Cairney; Dido Green; Amanda Kirby; Helene Polatajko; Sara Rosenblum; Bouwien Smits-Engelsman; David Sugden; Peter Wilson; Sabine Vinçon Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol Date: 2019-01-22 Impact factor: 5.449
Authors: Katarína Šafárová; Jiri Mekyska; Vojtěch Zvončák; Zoltán Galáž; Pavlína Francová; Barbora Čechová; Barbora Losenická; Zdeněk Smékal; Tomáš Urbánek; Jana Marie Havigerová; Sara Rosenblum Journal: Front Psychol Date: 2020-01-21