Transcultural Validation of Activities Scale for Kids (ASK)

Cerebral Palsy and Healthy Individuals Clinical Trial

Official title:

Transcultural Validation of Activities Scale for Kids (ASK):Estimate of the Reliability of the Italian Version in the Population With PCI

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03325842
• Other study ID #: ASKp_PCI_UDGEE
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2017
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 29, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Italian nationality

Exclusion Criteria:

• moderate or severe cognitive impairment;

• linguistic barriers

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy and Healthy Individuals

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• ASKp
30 items questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova	Reggio Emilia	RE

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (1)

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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Split-half reliability analysis by alpha of Cronbach, one item out.	A split-half reliability analysis will be performed by calculating the alpha of Cronbach by removing one item at a time. It will then be assessed which items lower the degree of internal reliability of the questionnaire. Items that reduce internal consistency will be eliminated and the final alpha will be calculated. For a group of children with PCI and for the control group a comprehensive descriptive analysis of the collected data will be performed, representing the distribution of scores obtained by age group.	1 day