An Item Analysis of the Instability of Parent Report Scores on the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory

• Author / Creator

  Worth, Melanie Susan

• Purpose: To evaluate item instability of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory – Functional Skills Scale completed by parents. Methods: Scoring instability was analyzed between baseline and after 6 months of intervention (T1-T2) on 113 children and between end of intervention and 3 months afterwards (T2-T3) on 101 children. Results: Scoring instability was present among children between T1-T2 (19% of children > 5 unstable items) and between T2-T3 (34% of children > 5 unstable items). Ten or more children had unstable scores between both time periods for 21 out of 132 (16%) items. More instability was found between T2-T3, among older children in T1-T2, and among children with less motor limitations in T2-T3. Conclusions: Item instability was present, but the magnitude was low. Suggestions for parental scoring on the PEDI-FSS include clarifying the scoring reference, the subjective words, the guidelines for multi-faceted items, and the impact of the outdoor environment.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory
  • PEDI
  • Instability
  • Stability
  • Parent report

• Graduation date

  Fall 2012

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3JX51

• License

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