Abstract
OBJECTIVE. This study was used to (1) develop an occupational therapy screening questionnaire (the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire [HPSQ]) to identify handwriting difficulties among school-aged children and (2) examine its reliability and validity. METHOD. The questionnaire's content validity was established. Internal consistency, interrater and test-retest reliability, and concurrent and construct validity were initiated. Participants included 7- to 14-year-old (N=230) typically developing school-aged children. RESULTS. The tool demonstrated good internal consistency (α = .90). Test-retest reliability for the score revealed an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of .84 and interrater reliability of ICC = .92 for the total questionnaire score. Construct and concurrent validity were also confirmed. CONCLUSION. The HPSQ is suitable for use by occupational therapists for identification of handwriting deficiency among school-aged children and is appropriate for varied academic and clinical uses. More studies with larger samples of varied age groups are required to further support the questionnaire's reliability and validity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 298-307 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | American Journal of Occupational Therapy |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Deficiency
- Digitizer
- Handwriting
- Pediatrics
- Screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Occupational Therapy