Ebru Umay, Damla Cankurtaran, Nihal Tezel, Cuma Uz, Yasemin Tombak, Ozgur Karaahmet, Zeynep Aykin Yigman, Gulnur Celik, Ece Unlu Akyuz
This study aimed to evaluate whether the Pediatric Dysphagia Risk Screening Instrument (PDRSI) was a suitable test for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and assess the instrument's Turkish validity and reliability. One-hundred twenty-six children with CP participated in this study. "Cronbach's alpha (ɑ)," "Cronbach's ɑ when one item is deleted," "inter-item correlation," and "corrected item-to-total correlation" were used to assess internal consistency. In addition, inter-rater agreement tests (Cohen's kappa coefficient) were conducted for reliability...
April 9, 2024: Clinical Pediatrics