Validity and responsiveness of VELO: a velopharyngeal insufficiency quality of life measure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Test the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) Effects on Life Outcomes (VELO) instrument for validity, reliability, and responsiveness.

Study design

Observational cohort.

Setting

Academic tertiary medical center.

Subjects

Children with VPI (n = 59) and their parents (n = 84) were prospectively enrolled from a pediatric VPI clinic.

Methods

Pediatric speech language pathologists diagnosed VPI using perceptual speech analysis and rated VPI severity and speech intelligibility deficit (each as minimal, mild, moderate, or severe). All parents and youth 8+ years old (n = 24) completed the VELO instrument and other quality-of-life questionnaires at baseline; the first 40 subjects completed the VELO instrument again 2 weeks later. Treatments included Furl

SUBMITTER: Skirko JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4074517 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature