Propriedades psicométricas do dizziness handicap inventory-child/adolescent – versão reduzida

Abstract

Introduction: Dizziness during childhood and adolescence interferes with psychological behavior, and can lead to consequences such as poor academic performance and language disorders. Purpose: To develop and verify the applicability of the short version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory-Child/Adolescent (DHI-CA) in school-going children and adolescents. Methods: A methodological validation study developed in municipal public network teaching units of Cabula Sanitary District/ Beiru de Salvador, Bahia. Data were collected by means of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory Child/Adolescent (DHI-CA) and proposed short version denominated Dizziness Handicap Inventory Child/Adolescentshort form (DHI-CA/SF). The DHI-CA/SF is composed of 15 objective questions divided into subscales corresponding to emotional, physical and functional aspects. Results: The sample of 97 children and adolescents was composed of 69 girls (71.1%) and 28 (28.9%), boys. The age-range was from 7 to 15 years with mean age of 11 years. Internal consistency relative to the total scale was α=0.84; and α=0.66 for the functional; α=0.61, emotional, and α=0.65 for the physical subscale. Relative to agreement between the two applications of DHI-CA/SF, the authors verified that the intra-examiner intraclass correlation coefficients demonstrated satisfactory agreement, and satisfactory to excellent agreement for the items in the second application. Agreement values in the second application were: -emotional: 0.70; -Functional: 0.93, and Physical: 0.80. Conclusion: By means of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory Child/Adolescent DHI-CA it was possible to obtain a short version denominated Dizziness Handicap Inventory Child/Adolescent-short form (DHI/CA-SF) applicable in children or adolescents with complaints of dizziness.

Dizziness Kids App – Teste De Usabilidade De Aplicativo Gamificado Para Tratamento De Crianças Com Tontura

“…O sistema de regras é simples e consiste em interagir durante todo o tempo estabelecido, clicando sempre na mascote. O sistema de avaliação se dá a partir da comparação entre os escores iniciais e finais pré-estabelecidos em instrumento validado e sistematizado denominado Dizziness Handicap Inventory Child-Adolescent/Short form (DHI-CA/SF) (SOUSA et al, 2017). O DHI-CA/SF é um instrumento composto de 15 questões, cujo objetivo é avaliar o impacto da tontura na qualidade de vida das crianças e quantificar os efeitos impostos nas funções de vida diária.…”

“…Já para a funcional são 28 pontos, em que a medida de incapacidade dos sintomas é obtida pela soma dos escores dos itens, variando de 0 a 60. Escores mais elevados indicam mais desvantagem, ou seja, quanto mais alta for a pontuação, mais comprometida está a qualidade de vida da criança e do adolescente (SOUSA et al, 2017).…”