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Linking the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) to the International

Sharon V Thompson1, Donna J Cech, Susan M Cahill

  • 1Doctor of Health Science Program (Dr Thompson) and Physical Therapy Program (Drs Cech and Krzak), College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois; Occupational Therapy Program (Dr Cahill), Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois; Motion Analysis Center (Dr Krzak), Shriners Hospitals for Children®-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association
|March 3, 2018
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The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) effectively covers the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health's (ICF) Activity and Participation domains. This comprehensive assessment demonstrates reliable mapping to ICF criteria.

Area of Science:

  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Disability Studies
  • Health Informatics

Background:

  • The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) provides a standardized framework for describing health and functioning.
  • The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) is a widely used tool for assessing childhood disability.
  • Evaluating the alignment of assessment tools with the ICF is crucial for consistent data interpretation and cross-cultural comparisons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the comprehensiveness of the PEDI-CAT in representing the Activity and Participation components of the ICF.
  • To determine the extent to which PEDI-CAT items map to specific ICF categories.

Main Methods:

  • Two independent raters linked all 276 PEDI-CAT items to the ICF using established linking rules, the PEDI-CAT manual, and the ICF browser.
  • Inter-rater reliability was quantified using Cohen's kappa (κ).

Main Results:

  • All nine ICF chapters for Activity and Participation were represented in the PEDI-CAT.
  • Mobility (43%) and Self-care (20%) showed the highest item representation.
  • Strong agreement between raters was observed (κ = 0.84), with only 5 items having definitional or linking discrepancies.

Conclusions:

  • The PEDI-CAT demonstrates strong representativeness of the ICF's Activity and Participation components.
  • The item-linking process exhibited substantial reliability, supporting the PEDI-CAT's utility in a standardized functional assessment context.
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