學院

醫學院

系所

職能治療學系

題名

Reliability of two visual-perceptual tests for children with cerebral palsy

作者

Tsai, L-T., Lin, K-C., Liao, H-F., & Hsieh, C-L.*

期刊名稱

American Journal of Occupational Therapy(SSCI 期刊)

發表日期

2009年

著作性質

原始論著

語文

英文

關鍵字

cerebral palsy,child ,psychometrics,reproducibility of results,visual perception

摘要

OBJECTIVE. We examined the reliability of the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test–Revised (MVPT–R) and the Test of Visual–Perceptual Skills–Revised (TVPS–R) in 52 children with cerebral palsy. METHOD. The MVPT–R and TVPS–R were initially assessed by a single rater and then randomly assigned to the same rater or another rater after 6 to 14 days. RESULTS. For scale-level reliability of both tests, the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were high. The smallest real differences (SRDs) were largely acceptable. The ICCs of most subscale-level reliability of the TVPS–R were satisfactory. The SRD of each TVPS–R subscale score was notable (>29%). The internal consistency was high for both tests. CONCLUSION. The scale-level reliabilities of both tests were satisfactory in children with cerebral palsy. Although most subscales of the TVPS–R had acceptable test–retest or interrater agreement, all subscales of the TVPS–R had large SRDs, limiting their clinical utility.