A Lewis, L A Turner, S Fryer, R Smith, H Dillarstone, Y W Patrick, E Bevan-Smith
The acceptability, practicality, implementation and efficacy of a physical and social activity intervention 'BreatheHappy' for people with long-term respiratory conditions: A feasibility study
Chronic respiratory disease
despite importance knowing cognitive capabilities children neurodevelopmental conditions less onethird children cerebral palsy participate standardized assessments globally approximately 50 people cerebral palsy intellectual disability significant risk domainspecific cognitive impairments majority people cerebral palsy however standardized cognitive assessment tools accessible many children cerebral palsy require manual manipulation objects verbal response andor speeded response standardised assessment may result underestimation abilities children significant motor andor speech impairment overall aim project examine compare psychometric properties standardised cognitive assessment tools accommodated use either switch device eyegaze control technologies specific aims 1 examine psychometric properties measurement agreement validity accommodated assessment tools comparing performance typically developing children six cognitive assessment tools administered via standardised versus accommodated switch eyegaze control administration 2 describe compare performance user experience children cerebral palsy six accommodated cognitive assessments administered via switch eyegaze control technologies secondary aims 1 describe completion rates time complete assessments participants group 2 within group cerebral palsy examine effects conditionspecific characteristics type cerebral palsy functional levels pain demographics age sociodemographic participation protocol paper describes twophase validation acceptability study utilizes mixedmodel design study collect concurrent data 80 typically developing children 40 children cerebral palsy use switch eyegaze control technology alternate access communication methods set instruments measure receptive vocabulary fluid reasoning sustained attention vision perception visuospatial working memory executive functions data analyses conducted using spss v 25 r v 410 spss sample power 3 used power computation allows 10 drop rate quantitative descriptive statistics measurement agreement data plotting bivariate multiple regressions analysis conducted using appropriate methods