Motor Development and Learning
Fardin qeysari; Mahmoud Sheikh
Abstract
Background: Due to the prevalence of visual-motor disorders among preterm children, the negative effects of these disorders on the quality of motor function and the importance of visual-motor skills in performing daily tasks, A reliable and valid tool is needed to measure these skills in these people. ...
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Background: Due to the prevalence of visual-motor disorders among preterm children, the negative effects of these disorders on the quality of motor function and the importance of visual-motor skills in performing daily tasks, A reliable and valid tool is needed to measure these skills in these people. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Psychometric properties and standardization of the Persian version of the third edition visual-motor skills test in preterm children.
Methods: For this purpose, 2100 students were selected from 7 to 12 year old students all over the country by multi-stage cluster random sampling method and of these, 376 preterm children (<32 weeks gestation) were purposefully selected.The measurement tool of this study was the third-edition visual-motor skills test, which was performed twice, three weeks apart, on the research samples. Formula Z was used to calculate the percentage points for each age group. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was also used to determine internal consistency and intra-class correlation in test-retest method was used for test time reliability.
Results: The results of this study indicate the appropriate validity of the 3-motor vision skills test for all age groups 7 to 12 years in preterm children. Also, the results of this study indicate the desired and acceptable internal consistency and time reliability or reproducibility of this test.
Conclusion:. The visual-motor skills test 3 has appropriate validity and reliability for screening and identifying premature children with visual-motor skills disorders.
