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ArticleDisability and health journal2021

Measuring child functioning: Assessing correlation and agreement between caregiver and child responses at the Iganga-Mayuge health and demographic surveillance site in Uganda.

Nukhba Zia, Abdulgafoor M Bachani, Dan Kajungu, Edward Galiwango, Mitchell Loeb, Marie Diener-West, Stephen Wegener, George Pariyo, Adnan A Hyder

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Nukhba ZiaJohns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: nukhba.zia@jhu.edu.
Abdulgafoor M BachaniJohns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dan KajunguIganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
Edward GaliwangoIganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
Mitchell LoebWashington Group on Disability Statistics, Hyattsville, MD, USA.
Marie Diener-WestDepartment of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Stephen WegenerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
George PariyoDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Adnan A HyderMilken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Funding

Chronic Consequences of Trauma, Injuries, Disability Across the Lifespan: UgandaD43TW009284 · FIC · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HYDER, ADNAN A · 2012 to 2016
$1.1M
E-capacity for Trauma, Injuries and Disability Research and Training in UgandaR25TW009701 · FIC · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BACHANI, ABDULGAFOOR M., HYDER, ADNAN A · 2014 to 2016
$317k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009284FIC NIH HHS R25 TW009701
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Abstract

introductionEmpirical data is scare on assessment of concordance between caregiver-child responses on child functioning.

objectiveTo assess correlation and agreement between children (11-17 years old) and their caregivers' responses to the UNICEF/Washington Group Child Functioning Module (CFM) at the Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IM-HDSS) in Uganda.

methodsCFM with 24-questions corresponding to 13 domains of functioning was administered to children between 11 and 17 years of age and their caregivers. Descriptive analyses of the child/caregiver responses were conducted. Correlation and agreement between caregiver and child responses were assessed.

resultsOf the 217 caregiver/child pairs eligible for this study, 181 pairs agreed to participate (83.4%). The mean age of children was 13.9 ± 1.9 years, and 56.4% were males. Cronbach's alpha was 0.892 and 0.886 for the caregiver and child versions of CFM respectively, showing good internal consistency in both. There was a significant overall agreement between mean score of caregiver (5.36 ± 5.63 out of 39) and child (5.45 ± 5.34) pairs. Spearman's rank correlation between the pairs was 0.806 (strong positive correlation). Bland-Altman plots for CFM scores showed greater agreement between caregiver and child at lower scores. Percentage agreement between the pairs for overall disability was greater for mild (83.53%) and moderate (79.37%) categories as compared to the severe (66.67%) category. There was substantial agreement (kappa 0.623) for overall disability between the pairs.

conclusionThis study indicates that there is significant correlation and agreement between self-reported caregiver-child pair responses, opening the way for considering children as CFM respondents, when possible.

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CaregiversPersons with DisabilitiesAdolescentChildDemographyFamilyHumansMaleUgandaAfricaChild disabilityChild functioning module (CFM)Iganga-Mayuge health and demographic surveillance siteUganda

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