Cross-cultural validation and psychometric evaluation of the Dutch language version of the Children’s Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) in children with and without physical disabilities

Abstract

The findings indicate that the Dutch language version of the CAPE is a reliable and valid instrument to measure participation in recreation and leisure activities for children with and without physical disabilities aged 6-18 years.

Fitness, Fun and Friends through Participation in Preferred Physical Activities: Achievable for Children with Disabilities?

“…During the last four months before the interviews, the children had on average participated in four of the 13 activities in the physical activity category and in two of the 10 activities in the skill-based category. Compared with other studies, the present children participated somewhat more in physical activities, although their participation in skill-based activities was in line with other studies (Bult et al, 2010;Imms et al, 2008;King et al, 2010;Law et al, 2006). Participation frequency showed a mean score of 1.27 for the physical activities and 1.0 for skill-based activities in the present study.…”

“…Bult et al (2010) and Ullenhag et al (2012) examined the validity of the Dutch and Swedish versions of the CAPE and the PAC, respectively, and the results were in line with those from other studies and with recent literature in the field of participation of children with disabilities (Imms, 2008;Majnemer, Shevell, Law, Birnbaum, Chilingaryan, Rosenbaum et al, 2008).…”

“…On the basis of the studies conducted by Bult et al (2010), King et al (2004) and Nordtorp et al (2013), it can be concluded that the reliability of the diversity and frequency dimensions is satisfactory.…”

“…This difference is in line with previous research on children without disabilities that found that boys 9 and 15 years old are more physically active than female peers (Kolle et al, 2009). There were also gender differences in the participation profiles of the Dutch study by Bult et al (2010) and the Canadian study by King et al (2010), with boys having the highest scores for physical activities and girls having the highest scores for skill-based activities. The total participation frequency score, however, was somewhat higher in the present study compared with other studies (Bult, et al, 2010;Imms et al, 2008;King et al, 2009King et al, , 2010.…”

“…Both instruments are used in research as well as in clinical and educational practice in rehabilitation. Previous research has shown that the CAPE and the PAC offer suitable opportunities to assess children's and young people's participation in leisure activities outside of compulsory school during the last four months before the interview (Bult et al, 2010;Colon et al, 2008).…”