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Table 1 Psychometric characteristics of PEDI-EAT-10 questionnaire

From: Systematic review of validated parent-reported questionnaires assessing swallowing dysfunction in otherwise healthy infants and toddlers

Questionnaire

Year

Age

Study population

Study type

Development

Overview

PEDI-EAT-10 44

2017

18 months to 18 years

51 controls and 138 children with spastic cerebral palsy

Cross-sectional

Adapted from the EAT-10 questionnaire and examined in 2 rounds of Delphi technique

10 items of a 4-point scale

Reliability

Measurement error

Content validity

Hypothesis testing

Criterion validity

Responsiveness

Excellent test–retest reliability with intraclass correlation coefficient

N/A

Lawshe’s content validity index = 0.91

N/A

The PAS was selected as a related outcome measure and was used to test criterion validity of the PEDI-EAT-10. The excellent correlation between the PEDI-EAT-10 and the scores of PAS suggests that the PEDI-EAT-10 has sufficient criterion validity

N/A

  1. PEDI-EAT-10 Pediatric Version of the Eating Assessment Tool, PAS Penetration–Aspiration Scale