TY  - JOUR
TI  - RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE CAREGIVER FUNCTIONAL USE SURVEY
AB  - Purpose: Poor bimanual performance is usually a major functional impairment for children withunilateral cerebral palsy (CP). This study was performed to examine the reliability and validity ofthe Turkish version of the Caregiver Functional Use Survey (CFUS), which assesses manual functionof children with unilateral CP.Methods: Fifty children with unilateral CP and their parents were included in the study. Thetest-retest reliability was assessed using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), and internalconsistency by calculating Cronbach alpha values. Association level between other outcomesmeasures (Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test, JTT, and Manual Ability Classification System, MACS)and the Turkish version of the CFUS was analyzed to determine the criterion validity. Four onefactorial confirmatory factor analyses to validate uni-dimensionality of the CFUS were performed.Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-dimensional structure of the “amount of use” and“quality of movement” parts of the CFUS for unimanual and bimanual tasks.Results: The Turkish version of the CFUS showed a high degree of internal consistency (Cronbachalpha=0.92-0.94). The ICCs ranged between 0.90 and 0.93. There was a negative correlationbetween all the subscales of the CFUS and the MACS and the JTT (p<0.05).Conclusion: The Turkish version of CFUS is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the upperextremity functions in children with unilateral CP.
AU  - Gokmen, Derya
AU  - Apaydın, Umut
AU  - Elbasan, Bulent
AU  - yildiz, ramazan
AU  - Erol, Erkan
AU  - yildiz, ayse
DO  - 10.21653/tjpr.654151
PY  - 2021
JO  - Türk Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi (Online)
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SN  - 2651-4451
SP  - 81
EP  - 88
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/460196
ER  -