Clinical trial NCT05276869: Reliability and Feasibility of WeeFIM Instrument to Measure Functional Independence in Pediatric Burns
Official title: Is Arabic Version of WeeFIM Instrument Reliable and Feasible Enough to Measure Functional Independence in Egyptian Children With Burns?
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Burns
Keywords: WeeFIM instrument
functional independence
pediatric burns
Lead sponsor: Cairo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-11
Enrollment: 53
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Enrollment of participants was done for all children who meet the inclusion criteria. The demographic details about each parent and child were noted, and screening was done for adherence to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The tool was given to all children aged 3 years to 16 years who were hospitalized in one of the two places for more than two weeks after the burn.

Brief summary: PURPOSE:

Is to test the feasibility and the reliability of the Arabic version of wee functional independence measure (weeFIM) in children with healed burns.

BACKGROUND:

Since kids are the most influenced casualty of burn and they may have lasting disabilities because of this harm, consequently they should have care in evaluation and treatment procedure in exploration.

There are two main instruments that can be utilized to evaluate the function of young kid's which are the Functional independence measure for kids (WeeFIM) instrument and the Pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (PEDI) instrument.

Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and feasibility of the Arabic version of the WeeFIM instrument in kids from 3 years to 16 years of age with healed burn.

HYPOTHESES:

Arabic version of WeeFIM questionnaire will not be feasible and reliable to measure and report the functional outcome of kids with healed burns.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Is the Arabic version of weeFIM instrument feasible and reliable enough to measure and report the functional outcome of children with healed burns?

Detailed description: 1. First the weeFIM will undergo forward Arabic translation followed by English backward translation.
2. Second the instrument will be adapted to Egyptian accent.
3. Third the process of filling of questionnaire will be applied. It will be either parent filled or child filled. And will be performed by interview for illiterate patients.
4. Last, statistical analysis for feasibility and reliability will be performed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients who had a healed burn with an age from 3 years to 16 years.
* All participants or their parents had to be able to read, write, and speak Arabic
* They had passed two weeks post-burn.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with a history of neurological impairment or orthopedic surgery to the limbs or spine.
* those with severe burns (4th degree burns), extensive burn is \>60%.
* infected burn wounds.
* other medical conditions that might impair physical performance.
* children with any medical illness present in the previous month.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Reliability
timeFrame: Change from Baseline, after 2 weeks postburn.
measure: Content validity
timeFrame: Change from Baseline, after 2 weeks postburn.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Giza
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Physical Therapy
Study officials:
affiliation: Cairo University
name: eman othman, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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