Clinical trial NCT03325842: Transcultural Validation of Activities Scale for Kids (ASK)
Official title: Transcultural Validation of Activities Scale for Kids (ASK):Estimate of the Reliability of the Italian Version in the Population With PCI
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cerebral Palsy and Healthy Individuals
Keywords: Cross-cultural comparison
Disability evaluation
Self-assessment
Child
Adolescent
Lead sponsor: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
First posted: 2017-10-30
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 15
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Healthy children or adolescents and children or adolescents with cerebral palsy

Brief summary: The Activities Scale for Kids performance (ASKp) is one of the few self-assessment questionnaires in pediatric rehabilitation that measures child perception in performance of daily routine activities. ASKp is composed of 30 questions designed to explore activities and participation in children and teenagers with musculoskeletal disorders. Scores assess level of physical ability, identify appropriate treatment and monitor changes over time. We recently undertook the cross-cultural validation to achieve a culturally adapted Italian version of ASKp: the Italian version is now to be tested on Italian children.

Detailed description: The purpose of the study isto test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the ASKp assessment scale, in a representative sample of individuals with PCI.

ASK p will be administered on a sample of individuals belonging to the population of children and / or adolescents with diplegia and hemiplegia as a consequence of PCI. We will perform comprehensive descriptive analysis of the data collected as well as the measurement of the degree of reliability of the Italian version of the scale. The aim is to obtain an estimate of ASKp reliability obtained through transcultural validation.

Additionally, we will submit the ASKp on a control group of typical development children in order to test its ability to discriminate between different skill levels.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Italian nationality

Exclusion Criteria:

* moderate or severe cognitive impairment;
* linguistic barriers

Primary outcomes:
measure: Split-half reliability analysis by alpha of Cronbach, one item out.
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Reggio Emilia
country: Italy
facility: Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
state: RE
Study officials:
affiliation: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
name: Adriano Ferrari, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Fabbri L, Neviani R, Festini F, Costi S. Transcultural validation of Activities Scale for Kids (ASK): translation and pilot test. Acta Biomed. 2016 May 26;87 Suppl 2:70-9.
citation: Costi S, Filippi MC, Braglia L, Beccani L, Corradi I, Bruzzi E, Signorelli C, Pelosin E. Reliability and construct validity of the Activities Scale for Kids in Italian children with cerebral palsy. Disabil Rehabil. 2022 Oct;44(21):6445-6451. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1966519. Epub 2021 Aug 20.
citation: Costi S, Mecugni D, Beccani L, Alboresi S, Bressi B, Paltrinieri S, Ferrari A, Pelosin E. Construct Validity of the Activities Scale for Kids Performance in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Brief Report. Dev Neurorehabil. 2020 Oct;23(7):474-477. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2020.1764649. Epub 2020 Jun 7.