Title of article :
Validation of the Revised Knox Preschool Play Scale for the Brazilian Population
Author/Authors :
Sposito, Amanda Mota Pacciulio RibeirãoPretoCollegeofNursing - UniversityofSãoPaulo - RibeirãoPreto, Brazil , Santos , Jair L. F. RibeirãoPretoMedicalSchool - UniversityofSãoPaulo - RibeirãoPreto, Brazil , Pfeifer , Luzia Iara RibeirãoPretoMedicalSchool - UniversityofSãoPaulo - RibeirãoPreto, Brazil
Abstract :
Playisessentialtochilddevelopment,anditsevaluationisconsideredvalidtoindicatethestageofdevelopmentofthe
childandindicatepossiblelagging.TheRevisedKnoxPreschoolPlayScale(RKPPS)providesanevolvingdescriptionofthetypical
playbehaviorofpreschoolchildren,insix-monthperiodsfromzerotothreeyearsofageandtheninannualperiodsuptosixyears
ofage.TheRKPPShasalreadyundergonetheprocessofculturaladaptationforuseintheBrazilianpopulation,anditisnecessary
toanalyzeitsapplicability.Aims.ToverifythereliabilityandinternalconsistencyoftheRKPPSforBrazilianchildren.Method.135
childrenparticipatedinthestudy,dividedintodifferentagegroupswith15ineachgroup,andwerefilmedduringfreeplayin
schoolorhomecontexts.Twoindependentratersevaluatedthefootagefromtwodifferenttimes.Basedontheseevaluations,a
statisticalanalysiswascarriedoutinordertoascertainthereliabilityandtheinternalconsistencyoftheBrazilianversionof
theRKPPS.Results.Intra-andinterraterreliabilityshowedapredominanceofnear-perfecttomoderateagreement;however,
somedimensionsofcertainagegroupspresentedreasonabletopooragreement.Theinternalconsistencywasfoundtobe
satisfactoryformostoftheitemsevaluated;however,therewereitemswithpoorresultsinsomedimensionsofcertainage
groups.Conclusions.Thereisaneedforfurtheranalysisoftheseitemsbyacommitteeofexpertstoensurethereproducibility
oftheinstrument.
Keywords :
Validation , Revised Knox Preschool Play Scale , Brazilian Population , RKPPS
Journal title :
Occupational Therapy International
