Environmental impact on young children's participation in home-based activities.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To test the effect of child, family, and environmental factors on young children's participation in home-based activities.

Method

Caregivers of young children were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling. Participants were 395 caregivers of children (222 males, 173 females) aged from 1 month to 5 years and 11 months. Demographic items and the home section of the Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure were administered online, followed by completion of the daily activities, mobility, and social/cognitive domains of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive Test by telephone interview.

Results

A structural equation model fitted the data well (comparative fit index=0.91) and explained 31.2% of the variance in perceiv

SUBMITTER: Albrecht EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5334138 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature