Health professionals' experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities?

Ekwan, Francis; Satink, Ton; Kamwesiga, Julius; Schulze, Christina

doi:10.1111/cch.13071

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29049

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Health professionals' experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities?
Authors:	Ekwan, Francis Satink, Ton Kamwesiga, Julius Schulze, Christina
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1111/cch.13071 10.21256/zhaw-29049
Published in:	Child: Care, Health and Development
Volume(Issue):	49
Issue:	3
Page(s):	555
Pages to:	562
Issue Date:	May-2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Wiley
ISSN:	0305-1862 1365-2214
Language:	English
Subjects:	Child development; Child disability; Evaluation; Paediatrics; Rehabilitation; Child; Human; Uganda; Occupational therapist; Activities of daily living; Disability evaluation; Reproducibility of results; Disabled children
Subject (DDC):	305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income) 615.8515: Occupational therapy
Abstract:	Background: The Uganda version of Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) was culturally adapted and validated from the PEDI-US, a tool used to evaluate the functional capability of children with or without disability aged 6 months to 7.5 years in the areas of self-care, mobility and social domains. A group of Ugandan occupational therapists with experience of using PEDI-UG participated in this study to explore the question: What do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the PEDI-UG for children with disabilities? Methods: A qualitative research design was chosen to explore the participants' viewpoints concerning the utility and value of the PEDI-UG for children with disabilities. Purposive sampling was used to recruit health professionals for the focus group discussions. Focus group discussions were carried out with 18 occupational therapists and nurses. Thematic analysis was performed to establish patterns and themes. Results: Several challenges concerning the contextual use of PEDI-UG were reported. For example, PEDI-UG being culturally adapted in two languages (English and Luganda) makes it difficult for health professionals to use it for children whose caregivers are non-English or non-Luganda speakers. In addition, participants reported adapting the way they asked the assessment questions, struggling with how they interpreted the scores and observing the child's skills if required during PEDI-UG interviews with caregivers. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that health professionals are challenged with the use of the PEDI-UG assessment in diverse cultural contexts and/or languages. These challenges are important considerations for the PEDI-UG translation in different Uganda cultural languages and training health professionals on the use and value of PEDI-UG for children with disabilities.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29049
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER)
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Ekwan, F., Satink, T., Kamwesiga, J., & Schulze, C. (2023). Health professionals’ experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities? Child: Care, Health and Development, 49(3), 555–562. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13071

Ekwan, F. et al. (2023) ‘Health professionals” experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities?’, Child: Care, Health and Development, 49(3), pp. 555–562. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13071.

F. Ekwan, T. Satink, J. Kamwesiga, and C. Schulze, “Health professionals’ experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities?,” Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 555–562, May 2023, doi: 10.1111/cch.13071.

EKWAN, Francis, Ton SATINK, Julius KAMWESIGA und Christina SCHULZE, 2023. Health professionals‘ experiences with the PEDI-UG : what do Ugandan occupational therapists say about the utility and value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for children with disabilities? Child: Care, Health and Development. Mai 2023. Bd. 49, Nr. 3, S. 555–562. DOI 10.1111/cch.13071

Ekwan, Francis, Ton Satink, Julius Kamwesiga, and Christina Schulze. 2023. “Health Professionals’ Experiences with the PEDI-UG : What Do Ugandan Occupational Therapists Say About the Utility and Value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for Children with Disabilities?” Child: Care, Health and Development 49 (3): 555–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13071.

Ekwan, Francis, et al. “Health Professionals’ Experiences with the PEDI-UG : What Do Ugandan Occupational Therapists Say About the Utility and Value of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-UG) for Children with Disabilities?” Child: Care, Health and Development, vol. 49, no. 3, May 2023, pp. 555–62, https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13071.