Title of article :
Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC2): Cross-Cultural Validity, Content Validity, and Interrater Reliability in Thai Children
Author/Authors :
Satiansukpong , Nuntanee Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences - Chiang Mai University - Chiang Mai , Thailand , Jaikaew, Ujiri Department of Occupational Therapy - Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences - Chiang Mai University - Chiang Mai , Thailand
Abstract :
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-SecondEdition(MABC2) isastandardizedtestfordetecting
childrenwithmovementdifficulty.ItwasestablishedandisusedwidelyinWesterncountries.Studyingcross-culturalvalidity
andreliabilitywasnecessarybeforeusingtheMABC2withThaichildren.Purposes. Tostudycross-culturalvalidity,content
validity,andinterraterreliabilityoftheMABC2.Method.TheMABC2-AgeBand2(AB2:childrenaged7-10years)was
translatedintoThaifromthesourceversionoftheMABC2byusingthefollowingsteps:forwardtranslation,backward
translation,paneldiscussion,andtestingoftheprefinalversionoftheThai-MABC2-AB2.Fiveoccupationaltherapistschecked
thecontentvalidityofthetest.Twenty-ninechildren,aged7-10years,wereexaminedbytwotestersinordertoestablish
interraterreliability.Results.Thiscross-culturalstudydemonstratedvalidityintheThaicontext.Contentvaliditywasgoodwith
anitem-objectivecongruence(IOC)rangefrom0.73to0.95.Theintraclasscorrelationcoefficient(ICC)ofinterraterreliability
rangedfrom0.71to1.00.Conclusion.TheThai-MABC2-AB2isagoodfitforuseinaclinicalandThaiculturalsetting.
Interraterreliabilitywasmoderatetogood,whichmeantresultsbetweentesterswereconsistent
Keywords :
Movement Assessment Battery , Children-Second Edition , MABC2 , Cross-Cultural Validity , Content Validity , Interrater Reliability , Thai Children
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
