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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3482| Title: | Are the school version of the assessment of motor and process skills measures valid for German-speaking children? |
| Authors : | Kaelin, Vera C. van Hartingsveldt, Margo Gantschnig, Brigitte E. Fisher, Anne G. |
| Published in : | Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution : | Taylor & Francis |
| Issue Date: | 2-Jan-2018 |
| License (according to publishing contract) : | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Type of review: | Peer review (Publication) |
| Language : | English |
| Subjects : | Cross-cultural comparison; Child; Occupational therapy; School health service; Schoolwork performance |
| Subject (DDC) : | 371: Schools and their activities 615.8515: Occupational therapy 618.92: Pediatrics |
| Abstract: | Background: There are no validated assessment tools for evaluating quality of schoolwork task performance of children living in German-speaking Europe (GSE). Objective: To determine whether the international age-normative means of the School Version of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (School AMPS) are valid for use in GSE. Methods: The participants were 159 typically-developing children, 3-12 years, from GSE. We examined the proportions of School AMPS measures falling within ±2 standard deviation (SD) of the international age-normative means, and evaluated for significant group differences (p < 0.05) in mean School AMPS measures between the GSE sample and the international age-normative sample using one-sample Z tests. When significant mean differences were found, we evaluated if the differences were clinically meaningful. Results: At least 95% of the GSE School AMPS measures fell within ±2 SD of the international age-normative means for the School AMPS. The only significant mean differences were for 6- (p < 0.01) and 8-year-olds (p = 0.02), and only the 6-year-old school process mean difference was clinically meaningful. Conclusions: Because the only identified clinically meaningful difference was associated with likely scoring error of one rater, the international age-normative means of the School AMPS appear to be valid for use with children in GSE. |
| Departement: | Health Professions |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER) |
| Publication type: | Article in scientific Journal |
| DOI : | 10.1080/11038128.2017.1397190 10.21256/zhaw-3482 |
| ISSN: | 1103-8128 1651-2014 |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1982 |
| Appears in Collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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