Study on the reliability and validity of the 66-item version on the gross motor function measure in 0-3 year olds with cerebral palsy.
- Author:
Su-juan WANG
1
;
Wei SHI
;
Yuan-gui LIAO
;
Xiu-juan XU
;
Hong YANG
;
Xiao-mei SHAO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Cerebral Palsy; physiopathology; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Motor Skills; classification; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires
- From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2006;27(6):530-534
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo examine the reliability and validity of the 66-item version on the gross motor function measure (GMFM-66) to assess the gross motor functions of children below 3 years oldwith cerebral palsy.
METHODS298 valid samples were obtained from 171 children with cerebral palsy (male 126, female 45 with mean age 19 months, age range 3-36 months) measured with GMFM-88. Then a 73-item version of GMFM (GMFM-73) special for these children was obtained by Rasch analysis. Both GMFM-66 and GMFM-73 scores of to each sample were obtained. The reliability and validity of GMFM-66 were evaluated through analyzing the correlation between the scores and between the changed scores of these two GMFM versions. The relative precision of GMFM-73 versus GMFM-66 was also analyzed.
RESULTSSignificant correlations were found between the scores and between the changed scores of these two versions of GMFM. A 14% less gain in relative precision was achieved when using GMFM-73 versus GMFM-66.
CONCLUSIONResults indicated that the GMFM-66 had good reliability and validity in assessing the gross motor functions of children below 3 years old with cerebral palsy.
