Functional Assessment of Handwriting Among Children: A Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties.
Importance: Handwriting legibility and speed assessments have a critical role in identifying and evaluating handwriting problems, which are common among children. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical utility of handwriting assessments for children ages 3...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 1 - 10 |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
Sep/Oct2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173457423&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173457423 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02729490 44I jtl: American Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 02729490 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep/Oct2023 vid: 77 iid: 5 pid: 6680 pub: American Occupational Therapy Association place: North Bethesda, Maryland artinfo: ui: 173457423 173457423 173457423 10.5014/ajot.2023.050174 173457423 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Functional Assessment of Handwriting Among Children: A Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties. aug: au: Vico, Rocío Martín, Jaime González, Manuel affil: Rocío Vico, OTD, OTR/L, is PhD Candidate, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Malaga, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain, and Occupational Therapist, Department of Occupational Therapy, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Andalusian Public Health Service, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain. sug: subj: Handwriting Evaluation Clinical Assessment Tools Psychometrics Human Child Adolescence Systematic Review CINAHL Database PubMed Medline Internal Consistency Interrater Reliability Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years ab: Importance: Handwriting legibility and speed assessments have a critical role in identifying and evaluating handwriting problems, which are common among children. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties and clinical utility of handwriting assessments for children ages 3 to 16 yr. Data Sources: A systematic review was conducted in CINAHL, PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, and education databases, with no time limits. The search strategy included a combination of the following keywords: handwriting, write, children, assessment, and validity. The exclusion criteria were assessment tools that were electronic, that focused on cognitive components of handwriting, or that only evaluated alphabets other than Latin. Study Selection and Data Collection: The systematic review was carried out on the basis of the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations. The protocol was registered in the Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO). Findings: The 14 included instruments had a total sample of 4,987 children. Internal consistency ranged from moderate (.73; Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context) to high (.98; Letter Writing). The interexaminer reliability values of the 11 direct assessment instruments ranged from.77 (Systematic Screening for Handwriting Difficulties) to 1.00 (Handwriting Speed Test). Conclusions and Relevance: In this systematic review, existing tools were evaluated by clinical utility and the quality of psychometric properties. Direct assessments showed good psychometric properties. Indirect and self-assessment tools demonstrated poor psychometric properties. Further research on screening tools and tools in other languages is needed. What This Article Adds: Specific learning disorders (e.g., dysgraphia) negatively affect academic learning and, when prolonged in time, self-concept. However, handwriting legibility and speed assessments could be used to identify and evaluate these learning disorders if an early referral to occupational therapy is carried out. This systematic review evaluates the clinical utility and psychometric properties of handwriting assessments, which could be used to identify and evaluate specific learning disorders (e.g., dysgraphia) if an early referral to occupational therapy is carried out. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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