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ERIC Number: EJ1478079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1368-2822
EISSN: EISSN-1460-6984
Available Date: 2025-07-11
Turkish Version of the Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale: Validity and Reliability Study in Children with Cerebral Palsy
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, v60 n4 e70074 2025
Background: This study was conducted to translate The Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale (MCH-FS) into Turkish and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version (T-MCH-FS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: The study involved 160 children (70 children with CP and 90 typically developing children) aged 18 to 72 months. Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale (KCPS), Paediatric version of the Eating Assessment Tool-10 (PEDI-EAT-10) and Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS) were used to examine the construct validity of the T-MCH-FS. Results: Internal consistency was sufficient with a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.820. There were correlations between the T-MCH-FS and the KCPS (r = 0.377, p < 0.001), the PEDI-EAT-10 (r = 0.655, p < 0.001) and the BPFAS scores for total frequency, child frequency, parent frequency, restriction and poor strategies (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The T-MCH-FS was found to be a reliable and valid instrument to evaluate feeding problems in children with CP and typically developing children.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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Author Affiliations: 1Gülhane Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey; 2Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; 3Trakya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Edirne, Turkey; 4Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey