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    Stability of Executive Functioning Measures in 8-17-Year-Old Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

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    Piovesana, A.
    Ross, S.
    Whittingham, K.
    Ware, R.
    Boyd, Roslyn
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Piovesana, A. and Ross, S. and Whittingham, K. and Ware, R. and Boyd, R. 2015. Stability of Executive Functioning Measures in 8-17-Year-Old Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy. Clinical Neuropsychologist. 29 (1): pp. 133-149.
    Source Title
    Clinical Neuropsychologist
    DOI
    10.1080/13854046.2014.999125
    ISSN
    1385-4046
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26958
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    Abstract

    © 2015 Taylor & Francis. The study investigated the stability of executive functioning (EF) measures in children and adolescents aged 8-17 years with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Here 44 participants with unilateral CP (mean age = 11 years, 11 months; Manual Abilities Classification Scale Level I = 6 and Level II = 37; Gross Motor Function Classification Scale Level I = 22 and Level II = 22) were randomized into the wait-list control group of a large randomized controlled trial. Participants had baseline testing with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition Short Form (WISC-IV-SF) and Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) subtests. Parents completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF). Participants were re-assessed 20 ±2 weeks later with a shortened test battery including the D-KEFS subtests; Digit Span, Coding and Symbol Search (WISC-IV); and BRIEF. Pearson's test-retest reliabilities and Reliable change scores were calculated. Results indicated excellent to fair test-retest reliabilities (r = 0.91-0.74) for all measures except Digit Span Backwards (r = 0.62), Inhibition (r = 0.69), and Initiate (r = 0.68). Reliable change scores applying 90% confidence intervals for estimating reliable change while accounting for practice effects were provided for all measures. The data support the stability of EF measures in this population.

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