Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of Caregiver Functional Use Survey (CFUS) (VERSION)

Gazi University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03130075

E.150100

Details and patient eligibility

About

Increasing the number of Turkish version of the questionnaire evaluating hand use, adding the scales that evaluate the selective movements of the upper limb to the evaluations will increase the variety of evaluation methods.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Caregiver Functional Use Survey (CFUS)

Full description

CFUS was designed to assess caregivers' perceptions of how much and how well their child used the involved upper extremity.

Children's upper extremity functions will be assessed with a Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test. Their family will be asked to fill the CFUS.

Compare the relationship between Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test and Turkish Version CFUS. Investigate the internal consistency of Turkish-version of CFUS by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages between 3-15 years
• Diagnosed as Cerebral Palsy (Hemiplegia)
• Literate in Turkish language and can complete the questionnaire by primer caregiver

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot understand the questionnaire by themselves.
• Participants had a botulinum toxin injection within the last 6 months
• Any surgical correction within the last year