Development of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment Tool for Children Aged 3–12 Years: Caregiver-Version
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedure
2.1.1. Phase 1: Drafting a Questionnaire and Designing Result Interpreting for the TSPA Tool for Children
2.1.2. Phase 2: Examining Content Validity
2.1.3. Phase 3: Examining of Reliability and Construct Validity
Internal Consistency and Construct Validity
Intra-Rater Reliability
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phase 1: Drafting the TSPA for the Children Questionnaire
3.2. Phase 2: Examining Content Validity
3.3. Phase 3: Reliability and Construct Validity
3.3.1. Internal Consistency
3.3.2. Construct Validity
3.3.3. Internal Consistency of Items in the Final Factor Analysis
3.3.4. Intra-Rater Reliability
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Part 1: Sensory Preference | No.of Items | α. | Part 2: Sensory Arousal | No.of Items | α. | ||||
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3–6 Years | 7–12 Years | Overall | 3–6 Years | 7–12 Years | Overall | ||||
Sight | 7 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.79 | Sight | 7 | 0.69 | 0.57 | 0.61 |
Sound | 8 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.78 | Sound | 7 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.57 |
Smell and Taste | 8 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.74 | Smell and Taste | 8 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.72 |
Touch | 8 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.68 | Touch | 10 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.73 |
Vestibular | 7 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.81 | Vestibular | 7 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
Proprioceptive | 8 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | Proprioceptive | 8 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Total | 46 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.92 | Total | 47 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.80 |
Part 1: Sensory Preference | |||||||
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Subscale | Items | Factor | KMO | Bartlett’s Test | % of Variance | Eigenvalues | |
Chi-Square | Sig. | ||||||
Sight | SPsight5 | 0.804 | 0.855 | 832.626 | <0.001. | 47.02 | 3.291 |
SPsight2 | 0.803 | ||||||
SPsight1 | 0.732 | ||||||
SPsight4 | 0.728 | ||||||
SPsight6 | 0.697 | ||||||
SPsight7 | 0.666 | ||||||
Sound | SPsound2 | 0.758 | 0.786 | 849.329 | <0.001 | 40.22 | 3.218 |
SPsound4 | 0.748 | ||||||
SPsound6 | 0.675 | ||||||
SPsound1 | 0.661 | ||||||
SPsound3 | 0.565 | ||||||
SPsound8 | 0.527 | ||||||
Smell and Taste | SPsmell&taste8 | 0.727 | 0.726 | 736.198 | <0.001 | 36.403 | 2.912 |
SPsmell&taste6 | 0.710 | ||||||
SPsmell&taste7 | 0.669 | ||||||
SPsmell&taste2 | 0.620 | ||||||
SPsmell&taste1 | 0.589 | ||||||
SPsmell&taste5 | 0.529 | ||||||
Touch | SPtouch8 | 0.710 | 0.751 | 438.611 | <0.001 | 31.928 | 2.554 |
SPtouch2 | 0.669 | ||||||
SPtouch5 | 0.566 | ||||||
SPtouch6 | 0.520 | ||||||
SPtouch3 | 0.505 | ||||||
Vestibular | SPvestibular6 | 0.732 | 0.810 | 853.440 | <0.001 | 47.470 | 3.323 |
SPvestibular2 | 0.724 | ||||||
SPvestibular3 | 0.716 | ||||||
SPvestibular4 | 0.695 | ||||||
SPvestibular5 | 0.689 | ||||||
SPvestibular7 | 0.658 | ||||||
SPvestibular1 | 0.600 | ||||||
Proprioceptive | SPproprio1 | 0.719 | 0.717 | 700.833 | <0.001 | 35.444 | 2.836 |
SPproprio5 | 0.660 | ||||||
SPproprio3 | 0.636 | ||||||
SPproprio2 | 0.631 | ||||||
SPproprio6 | 0.604 |
Part 2: Sensory Arousal | |||||||
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Subscale | Items | Factor | KMO | Bartlett’s Test | % of Variance | Eigenvalues | |
Chi-Square | Sig. | ||||||
Sight | SAsight2 | 0.679 | 0.660 | 374.184 | <0.001 | 31.308 | 2.192 |
SAsight6 | 0.675 | ||||||
SAsight5 | 0.631 | ||||||
SAsight1 | 0.630 | ||||||
SAsight7 | 0.569 | ||||||
Sound | SAsound5 | 0.767 | 0.758 | 435.991 | <0.001 | 35.502 | 2.485 |
SAsound7 | 0.705 | ||||||
SAsound3 | 0.699 | ||||||
SAsound6 | 0.696 | ||||||
SAsound4 | 0.619 | ||||||
Smell and Taste | SAsmell&taste6 | 0.741 | 0.770 | 682.784 | <0.001 | 35.355 | 2.828 |
SAsmell&taste4 | 0.695 | ||||||
SAsmell&taste7 | 0.678 | ||||||
SAsmell&taste3 | 0.677 | ||||||
SAsmell&taste5 | 0.644 | ||||||
SAsmell&taste8 | 0.503 | ||||||
Touch | SAtouch6 | 0.732 | 0.822 | 659.627 | <0.001 | 31.173 | 3.117 |
SAtouch5 | 0.692 | ||||||
SAtouch8 | 0.672 | ||||||
SAtouch4 | 0.653 | ||||||
SAtouch7 | 0.537 | ||||||
SAtouch9 | 0.449 | ||||||
Vestibular | SAves4 | 0.791 | 0.738 | 405.672 | <0.001 | 34.115 | 2.388 |
SAves5 | 0.757 | ||||||
SAvestibular1 | 0.666 | ||||||
SAvestibular7 | 0.569 | ||||||
Proprioceptive | SAproprio2 | 0.692 | 0.677 | 313.129 | <0.001 | 27.060 | 2.165 |
SAproprio1 | 0.611 | ||||||
SAproprio5 | 0.520 | ||||||
SAproprio7 | 0.433 |
Part 1: Sensory Preference | No. of Item | α. | Part 2: Sensory Arousal | No. of Item | α. | ||||
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3–6 Years | 7–12 Years | Overall | 3–6 Years | 7–12 Years | Overall | ||||
Sight | 6 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | Sight | 5 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.65 |
Sound | 6 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.76 | Sound | 5 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
Smell and Taste | 6 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.74 | Smell and Taste | 6 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.74 |
Touch | 5 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.62 | Touch | 6 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.72 |
Vestibular | 7 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.81 | Vestibular | 4 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.69 |
Proprioceptive | 5 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.64 | Proprioceptive | 4 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.47 |
Total | 35 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.92 | Total | 30 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
Part 1: Sensory Preference | No. of Items | ICC | Part 2: Sensory Arousal | No. of Items | ICC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sight | 6 | 0.79 | Sight | 5 | 0.75 |
Sound | 6 | 0.64 | Sound | 5 | 0.77 |
Smell and Taste | 6 | 0.55 | Smell and Taste | 6 | 0.63 |
Touch | 5 | 0.65 | Touch | 6 | 0.56 |
Vestibular | 7 | 0.66 | Vestibular | 4 | 0.78 |
Proprioceptive | 5 | 0.67 | Proprioceptive | 4 | 0.64 |
Total | 35 | 0.74 | Total | 30 | 0.79 |
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Sutthachai, R.; Kaunnil, A.; Phadsri, S.; Pomngen, I.; Stanley, M.; Srikhamjak, T. Development of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment Tool for Children Aged 3–12 Years: Caregiver-Version. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1968. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101968
Sutthachai R, Kaunnil A, Phadsri S, Pomngen I, Stanley M, Srikhamjak T. Development of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment Tool for Children Aged 3–12 Years: Caregiver-Version. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):1968. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101968
Chicago/Turabian StyleSutthachai, Revadee, Anuchart Kaunnil, Supaluck Phadsri, Ilada Pomngen, Mandy Stanley, and Tiam Srikhamjak. 2022. "Development of Thai Sensory Patterns Assessment Tool for Children Aged 3–12 Years: Caregiver-Version" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 1968. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101968