Rujirawan Sukhata. Comparison between motor development scores obtained from parent questionnaire and a motor development assessment . Master's Degree(Physiotherapy). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
Comparison between motor development scores obtained from parent questionnaire and a motor development assessment
Abstract:
The study aimed to compare the motor developmental levels obtained from a
parent questionnaire and the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP). Fifty pairs of
parents and typically developing infants, 21boys and 29 girls aged from 1 to 4 months,
participated in the study.
The Repeated Measure ANOVA was performed to compare the age-related
standards for the questionnaire and TIMP scores with the infant’s corrected age.
Results revealed significant differences among the three variables [F (2,49) = 17.698, p
<.0001]. Multiple comparisons were utilized to identify the different pairs. Results
revealed that the age-related standards for the TIMP scores were not different from the
infant’s corrected age. Whereas, the age-related standards for questionnaire scores
differed significantly from the infant’s corrected age. When examining the relationship
between motor developmental level obtained from the parent questionnaire and the
TIMP, results revealed a moderate degree of correlation (r = 0.679, p<.001). However,
the result of the TIMP revealed a higher level of correlation with the infant’s corrected
age (r = 0.867, p<.001), than the result on the questionnaire (r = 0.612, p<.001).
Examinations of the factors that might affect the accuracy of identification of the agerelated
standard for the questionnaire scores of parents, revealed no significant
differences between the factors collected from the parents who correctly identified the
questionnaire age and those who did not.
These findings suggest that the parent questionnaire has not been ready for use in
physical therapy services to screen the infant’s level of motor development.
Standardized assessments of infant’s motor development appear to provide more
accuracy of identification of the infant’s motor status. Since the selected parents’
factors did not affect the accuracy, further modifications of the questionnaire are
suggested for future research.