Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Therapy, Daegu University, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea
| [b] Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| [c] Department of Physical Therapy, U1 University, Yeoungdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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Corresponding author: Mihee An, Department of Physical Therapy, Kaya University, 208 Samgye-ro, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 055 330 1167; E-mail: anm@kaya.ac.kr. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5111-3094
Note: [1] Mihee An was a doctoral candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University, at the time of the study
Abstract: PURPOSE:The Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers (MPOC-SP) is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the professionals’ perception of the extent to which they apply the principles of family-centered services in care for children with disabilities. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean translation of the MPOC-SP (Korean MPOC-SP). METHODS:The Korean MPOC-SP was completed by 132 rehabilitation service providers in 5 provinces in South Korea. Analyses for internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest reliability were performed. RESULTS:The estimates of internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) of the four scales of the Korean MPOC-SP ranged from 0.67 to 0.92. All the scales correlated highly with the other scales (r ranging from 0.61 to 0.77). In addition, all the items exhibited high item-total correlations (rs ranging from 0.40 to 0.83). Three scales had moderate to good reliability with ICCs ranging from 0.57 to 0.78; the ‘providing general information (PGI)’ scale showed low reliability (ICC 0.22). CONCLUSION:The Korean MPOC-SP can be considered a valid instrument for group-level research purposes with acceptable internal consistency, but caution is warranted regarding the low test-retest reliability of the PGI scale.
Keywords: Family-centered care, pediatric rehabilitation, psychometric assessment, processes of care, self-assessment
