Article

Raising a child with disabilities impacts the ability of parents to participate
in life situations. This paper describes the development of a new instrument,
Life Participation for Parents, to measure outcomes of pediatric therapy on
parental participation. Items were reviewed by six occupational therapists with
experience in pediatrics and instrument development.
The number of items was
reduced to 23. The resultant instrument was completed by 29 parents of children
with disabilities. Their scores were reviewed by the nine occupational therapists
working with the children. Parent and therapist respondents were interviewed
regarding item content. Instrument responses were evaluated for internal
consistency. The respondents confirmed the face and content validity of the
construct, variability in responses, and readability of the items. Good internal
consistency for items was demonstrated (Cronbach's alpha .85). The preliminary
results indicate that the Life Participation for Parents is a promising tool for
evaluating parental issues and measuring parent outcomes in family-centered
practice.

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