Preliminary Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy
- VernacularTitle:小儿脑性瘫痪中医证候量表的初步考核
- Author:
Wei HUANG
;
Xuefeng WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cerebral palsy, children, Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome, scale, reliability, validity, feasibility
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2010;16(7):608-609
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the validity, reliability and feasibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Methods34 children with cerebral palsy and 34 healthy children were assessed with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The split-half reliability, Cronbach's α coefficient, content reliability, difference validity and feasibility were tested. ResultsSplit-half reliability of this scale was 0.6199, Cronbach's α>0.7. The scores of this scale could differentiate the cerebral palsy from health children. The acceptance rate and the completion rate were both 100%. The median of the complete time was 10～15 minutes. ConclusionThe Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a tool to evaluate cerebral palsy with satisfactory reliability, validity and feasibility.
