Validation of the assessment of computer task performance for children.
Computers are often an important component of community integration for children with physical impairments; however, an accurate measure of functional computer ability is unavailable for those unable to normally access computers. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Assessm...
| Publicado en: | Technology & Disability Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 35 - 44 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106869317&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106869317 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10554181 3QS jtl: Technology & Disability issn: 10554181 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2003 vid: 15 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 106869317 106869317 2003126024 10.3233/tad-2003-15106 106869317 ppf: 35 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Validation of the assessment of computer task performance for children. aug: au: Mazer B Dumont C Vincent C affil: Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Comedey, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1R2 sug: subj: Functional Assessment Computers and Computerization Children with Disabilities Clinical Assessment Tools Research Instruments Psychometrics Validation Studies Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Test-Retest Reliability Construct Validity Coefficient alpha Mann-Whitney U Test Factor Analysis Child Adolescence Female Male Human Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Female Male ab: Computers are often an important component of community integration for children with physical impairments; however, an accurate measure of functional computer ability is unavailable for those unable to normally access computers. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Assessment of Computer Task Performance (ACTP), including test-retest reliability, construct validity, internal consistency, and discriminative validity. Participants were children with (n=24) and without (n=20) physical impairments, aged 4-13 years, who were experienced computer users. They were tested by a trained occupational therapist in either their home or school using the writing and pointer tasks of the ACTP. The test-retest reliability for the majority of tasks was high (ICC = 0.60-0.95), construct validity was strong, but internal consistency ranged from moderate to poor. Children with impairments took significantly longer to complete almost all computer tasks compared to the unimpaired group indicating good discriminative validity of the tasks. The ACTP provides therapists with an accurate measure to improve the delivery of computer access services for children. Future studies are needed to improve the test, particularly by including additional pointer tasks and by developing age-specific norms. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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