Preliminary Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

@#Objective To evaluate the validity, reliability and feasibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Methods34 children with cerebral palsy and 34 healthy children were assessed with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The split-half reliability, Cronbach's α coefficient, content reliability, difference validity and feasibility were tested. ResultsSplit-half reliability of this scale was 0.6199, Cronbach's α>0.7. The scores of this scale could differentiate the cerebral palsy from health children. The acceptance rate and the completion rate were both 100%. The median of the complete time was 10～15 minutes. ConclusionThe Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a tool to evaluate cerebral palsy with satisfactory reliability, validity and feasibility.