Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, Norway.
Beitostølen Healthsports Center, 2953 Beitostølen, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 29;18(9):4768. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094768.
Children and youth with disabilities participate less in leisure activities than their nondisabled peers. Increasing participation is a primary goal of rehabilitation interventions. However, valid measures that include the individual's perspectives and facilitating and hindering factors for participation are lacking in the Norwegian setting. In this study, ActiveYou II, a self-report, web-based instrument under development, was tested to obtain item quality and applicability.
Nine children with disabilities participated in cognitive interviews, testing a first set of ActiveYou II items. The verbal probe method for cognitive interviews was applied.
The children's comprehension and responses through cognitive interviews improved the applicability and item quality of ActiveYou II. Item adjustments were made to the wording of the questions and response alternatives, and the number of response alternatives were decreased where appropriate.
The use of cognitive interviews with children before performing further psychometric testing has been very useful in the development process of ActiveYou II. Adjustments of the questions and response alternatives were made accordingly.
残疾儿童和青少年参与休闲活动的比例低于其非残疾同龄人。增加参与度是康复干预的主要目标。然而，在挪威，缺乏包括个人观点以及促进和阻碍参与的因素在内的有效措施。在这项研究中，正在开发的基于网络的自我报告工具“ActiveYou II”经过了测试，以获取项目质量和适用性。
9 名残疾儿童参与了认知访谈，测试了“ActiveYou II”的第一组项目。认知访谈采用口头探测法。
通过认知访谈，儿童的理解和反应提高了“ActiveYou II”的适用性和项目质量。对问题的措辞和答案选项进行了调整，并在适当的情况下减少了答案选项的数量。
在进行进一步的心理测量测试之前，使用认知访谈对儿童进行测试，这在“ActiveYou II”的开发过程中非常有用。对问题和答案选项进行了相应的调整。
