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Development and validation of an Arabic pediatric sensorimotor development test
1Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aim:
The main concern of Arab rehabilitation therapists is the paucity of a valid clinical assessment tool that fits the demographic and cultural specificities of the pediatric population. This study aimed to describe and validate a localized evidence-based instrument for assessing sensorimotor development in Saudi Arabian children.
Methods:
The Arabic Pediatric Sensorimotor Development Test (A-P-SMDT) designed for Saudi Arabian preschoolers was used for 110 children (3-6 years) in this prospective cross-sectional study. The instrument has two constructs: sensorimotor integration and visual perception and visuomotor integration, with 10 themes and 52 items. Face, content and construct validity and internal consistency were calculated. Cronbach's α was used to test internal consistency. A Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test and Bartlett's test of sphericity were used to test sampling adequacy.
Results:
Five clinicians and 25 senior clinicians reported good face validity. The content validity index was 3.45, indicating the degree to which the content of the test matches a content domain. The Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.95, indicating excellent internal consistency. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure for sampling adequacy was 0.80. Bartlett's test of sphericity was significant (chi-square = 3400.43, df = 122, p = .00), indicating that the 10 test domains had a good level of correlation.
Conclusion:
The preliminary results on the Arabic Pediatric Sensorimotor Development Test showed acceptable reliability and validity, which could be useful for identifying children at risk of sensorimotor disorders and delays in a mainstream non-clinical population.
