Affiliations: [a] Department of Family Medicine, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey | [b] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Corresponding author: Demet Merder-Coskun, Marmara University, Haydarpaşa Numune Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı, Tıbbiye Caddesi No: 40 Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 531 303 13 69; Fax: +90 216 542 32 32 3030; E-mail:demetmerder@gmail.com
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument
(PODCI) has been created to evaluate functional status, to assess
therapeutic needs and changes after treatment in 2 to 18 years old children
and adolescents who have orthopedic problems. The PODCI has three forms;
parent form for children, parent and self report forms for adolescents.
Instrument has 86 items assessing `upper extremity and physical function',
`transfer and basic mobility', `sports and physical function',
`pain/comfort', `happiness', `global functioning' and `expectations from
treatment domains'. The PODCI has been validated in multiple languages. The
aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of the cross-cultural
adapted Turkish version of the PODCI parent forms for children and
adolescents in a variety of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. METHOD: This was a methodological study. The instrument was
translated and cross-culturally adapted into Turkish. Turkish version was
called Bedensel İşlevsellik Değerlendirme Aracı (BIDA). It was
completed by the parents/caregivers of ninety-eight children and adolescents
being treated at Marmara University Medical School Department of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinics at the baseline and 2-4 weeks
after between April 2013-October 2013. Internal consistency and test-retest
reliability (ICC) were determined. RESULTS: Internal consistency of the subscales and test/retest
cronbach alpha values were 0.90-0.91 (r= 0.71, p= 0.000) for ``upper extremity
and physical function''; 0.95-0.95 (r= 0.84, p= 0.000) for ``transfer and
basic mobility''; 0.93-0.91 (r= 0.78, p= 0.000) for ``sports and physical
functioning''; 0.77-0.82 (r= 0.45, p= 0.000) for ``happiness'' and 0.96-0.96
(r= 0.82, p= 0.000) for ``global functioning''. Pain/comfort subscale showed
low internal consistency (-0.38-0.49; r= 0.34, p= 0.004). CONCLUSION: The Turkish version of the PODCI was found to be a
reliable instrument to evaluate functionality of children and adolescents
with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
