TY - JOUR
T1 - Discriminative validity of the Dutch pediatric evaluation of disability inventory
AU - Custers, Jan W.
AU - Van der Net, Janjaap
AU - Hoijtink, Herbert
AU - Wassenberg-Severijnen, Jeltje E.
AU - Vermeer, Adri
AU - Helders, Paul J.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the discriminative validity of the Dutch Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) to differentiate functional status between children with and without disabilities. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A university children's hospital in the Netherlands. Participants: A clinical sample comprising 197 children with disabilities (infantile encephalopathy, n=40; juvenile idiopathic arthritis, n=20; neurometabolic conditions, n=36; neuromuscular disorders, n=9; skeletal disorders, n=28; spina bifida, n=41; traumatic injury, n=23), and 62 children without disabilities. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure: Functional status was measured by using a Dutch version of the PEDI. Results: Discriminant analysis established the sensitivity and specificity of the PEDI. Correct predictions of group membership (disabled vs nondisabled) were found in both children without disabilities (93.5% correctly predicted) and children with disabling conditions (91.6% correctly predicted). Conclusion: The discriminative validity of the Dutch PEDI between children with and without disabilities was excellent.
AB - Objective: To examine the discriminative validity of the Dutch Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) to differentiate functional status between children with and without disabilities. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A university children's hospital in the Netherlands. Participants: A clinical sample comprising 197 children with disabilities (infantile encephalopathy, n=40; juvenile idiopathic arthritis, n=20; neurometabolic conditions, n=36; neuromuscular disorders, n=9; skeletal disorders, n=28; spina bifida, n=41; traumatic injury, n=23), and 62 children without disabilities. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure: Functional status was measured by using a Dutch version of the PEDI. Results: Discriminant analysis established the sensitivity and specificity of the PEDI. Correct predictions of group membership (disabled vs nondisabled) were found in both children without disabilities (93.5% correctly predicted) and children with disabling conditions (91.6% correctly predicted). Conclusion: The discriminative validity of the Dutch PEDI between children with and without disabilities was excellent.
KW - Disabled children
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Reliability and validity
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U2 - 10.1053/apmr.2002.34831
DO - 10.1053/apmr.2002.34831
M3 - Article
C2 - 12370882
AN - SCOPUS:0036791763
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 83
SP - 1437
EP - 1441
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 10
ER -