Reliability and Feasibility of WeeFIM Instrument to Measure Functional Independence in Pediatric Burns

Cairo University (CU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Burns

Treatments

Other: WeeFIM instrument

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05276869

012/003578

Details and patient eligibility

About

PURPOSE:

Is to test the feasibility and the reliability of the Arabic version of wee functional independence measure (weeFIM) in children with healed burns.

BACKGROUND:

Since kids are the most influenced casualty of burn and they may have lasting disabilities because of this harm, consequently they should have care in evaluation and treatment procedure in exploration.

There are two main instruments that can be utilized to evaluate the function of young kid's which are the Functional independence measure for kids (WeeFIM) instrument and the Pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (PEDI) instrument.

Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and feasibility of the Arabic version of the WeeFIM instrument in kids from 3 years to 16 years of age with healed burn.

HYPOTHESES:

Arabic version of WeeFIM questionnaire will not be feasible and reliable to measure and report the functional outcome of kids with healed burns.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Is the Arabic version of weeFIM instrument feasible and reliable enough to measure and report the functional outcome of children with healed burns?

Full description

First the weeFIM will undergo forward Arabic translation followed by English backward translation.
Second the instrument will be adapted to Egyptian accent.
Third the process of filling of questionnaire will be applied. It will be either parent filled or child filled. And will be performed by interview for illiterate patients.
Last, statistical analysis for feasibility and reliability will be performed.

Enrollment

53 patients

Sex

All

Ages

3 to 16 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients who had a healed burn with an age from 3 years to 16 years.
All participants or their parents had to be able to read, write, and speak Arabic
They had passed two weeks post-burn.

Exclusion criteria

Children with a history of neurological impairment or orthopedic surgery to the limbs or spine.
those with severe burns (4th degree burns), extensive burn is >60%.
infected burn wounds.
other medical conditions that might impair physical performance.
children with any medical illness present in the previous month.