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Article

Reliability and Validity of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Persian Version

by
Mahyar Salavati
1,
Roshanak Vameghi
2,
Seyed Ali Hosseini
2,
Ahmad Saeedi
3 and
Masoud Gharib
2,*
1
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1985713834 Tehran, Iran
2
Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1985713834 Tehran, Iran
3
Department of Statistical Research and Information Technology, Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education, 1985713834 Tehran, Iran
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2018, 5(4), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/children5040048
Submission received: 15 February 2018 / Revised: 4 April 2018 / Accepted: 4 April 2018 / Published: 9 April 2018
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in the Iranian context. In total, 332 parents (20.2% fathers and 79.8% mothers) of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) with an average age of 12.33 years (min 7.08 to max 18.08) from three provinces in Iran participated in the study. The original version of the questionnaire was translated and back-translated. Confirmatory construct validity was assessed by factor analysis and reliability was evaluated by Cronbach’s alpha (N = 332) and after two weeks’ test–retest reliability (n = 51) using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Eleven questions were dropped as they did not fit well into domains in the Persian version (p > 0.05). Cronbach’s alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient in all domains and overall were acceptable (higher than 0.70) and significant (p > 0.05). The Persian version of the ECEQ is suitable for assessing the needs and availability of environmental factors and is reliable and valid for children with CP, as reported by their parents.
Keywords: environment; child; cerebral palsy; questionnaire; validity environment; child; cerebral palsy; questionnaire; validity

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Salavati, M.; Vameghi, R.; Hosseini, S.A.; Saeedi, A.; Gharib, M. Reliability and Validity of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Persian Version. Children 2018, 5, 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/children5040048

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Salavati M, Vameghi R, Hosseini SA, Saeedi A, Gharib M. Reliability and Validity of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Persian Version. Children. 2018; 5(4):48. https://doi.org/10.3390/children5040048

Chicago/Turabian Style

Salavati, Mahyar, Roshanak Vameghi, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Ahmad Saeedi, and Masoud Gharib. 2018. "Reliability and Validity of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Persian Version" Children 5, no. 4: 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/children5040048

APA Style

Salavati, M., Vameghi, R., Hosseini, S. A., Saeedi, A., & Gharib, M. (2018). Reliability and Validity of the European Child Environment Questionnaire (ECEQ) in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Persian Version. Children, 5(4), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/children5040048

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