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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Validation of the Arabic Version of Feeding Handicap Index for Children with Developmental Disabilities (A-FHI-C).

Nesreen Fathi Mahmoud, Zeinab Mohammed, Hassnaa Othman Mohammed, Alshimaa Mohsen Mohamed Lotfy

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Nesreen Fathi MahmoudPhoniatrics Unit-Department of ENT, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt. nesreen.hussien@med.bsu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-1059
Zeinab MohammedDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Hassnaa Othman MohammedMedical Studies Department for children, Faculty of Postgraduate Childhood Studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Alshimaa Mohsen Mohamed LotfyDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Beni-Suef University · EGAin Shams University · EG

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Abstract

Children with developmental disabilities have different feeding and swallowing problems. The purposes of the present study were to develop an Arabic version of the FHI-C and to evaluate its validity, consistency, and reliability in Arabic children with developmental disabilities for assessing how feeding and swallowing problems impair the physical, functional, and emotional aspects of children's lives. A prospective study including 113 children [62 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 24 with cerebral palsy (CP), 27 with intellectual disability (ID)], in the age range of 2 to 10 years, selected randomly from the swallowing clinic, phoniatrics unit, Otorhinolaryngology department, University hospital between September 2023 and December 2023 complaining of feeding and swallowing problems. Validity was established by comparing patients` scores to typically developed controls (31 children). For test-retest reliability, forty parents filled out the A-FHI-C again two weeks after their initial visit. Cronbach's alpha for A-FHI-C was 0.986, indicating good internal consistency. Intraclass correlation showed 0.850 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.779 to 0.898. All three clinical groups had significantly higher total FHI-C and FHI-C domain scores than the control group, indicating good validation. A-FHI-C was found to have significantly high test-retest reliability. The current study indicates that in children with ASD, CP, ID, feeding problems are more prevalent than children who are typically developed. The scores obtained can be used by phoniatricans to evaluate feeding problems and monitor the progress of the therapy plan in children with developmental disorders.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderCerebral PalsyDeglutition DisordersDevelopmental DisabilitiesDisability EvaluationFeeding and Eating DisordersIntellectual DisabilityChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesArabic versionAutism spectrum disorderCerebral palsyDevelopmental disabilitiesFeeding handicap index for childrenIntellectual disability

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PMCPMC11933227
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