Validation of the Communication Profile-Adapted in Ethiopian children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are conditions affecting a child's cognitive, behavioural, and emotional development. Appropriate and validated outcome measures for use in children with NDDs in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. The aim of this study was to validate the Communication Profile Adapted (CP-A), a measure developed in East Africa to assess caregivers' perception of communication among children with NDDs.

Methods

We adapted the CP-A for use in Ethiopia, focusing on the communicative mode (CP-A-mode) and function (CP-A-function) scales. The CP-A was administered to a representative sample of caregivers of children with NDDs and clinical controls. We performed an exploratory factor analysis and determined the internal consistency, test-retest reliability,

SUBMITTER: Ceccarelli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679817 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature