Transcultural Adaptation of DCDQ In Kerala, India (Dec 2020)

Abstract

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) has gained attention worldwide, but little or less awareness is elicited in Kerala regarding the same. The revised DCD Questionnare is one of the most commonly utilized screening tools for identification of DCD in children. The aim of this study was to translate the DCDQ'07 into the Malayalam language, the DCDQ Malayalam and test its basic psychometric properties.The DCDQ'07 was translated according to the guidelines for the transcultural adaptation of instruments. The DCD questionnaire was initially distributed to parents of 3322 children (5 -15 years),of which only parents of 602 children completed the DCDQ Malayalam. Out of this total number 55 were retested randomly after 3 weeks in order to assess test retest reliability. The DCDQ Malayalam showed high internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis showed equivalence to the DCD' Q7. The percentage of probable DCD using DCDQ'0 7 cutoff scores (≤ 57) found out a prevalence of 51.5%. Using more stringent cutoffs (≤ 38) prevalence was found to be 18%.The DCDQ Malayalam provides a promising consent for initial identification of children with DCD who speaks Malayalam language. Based on the more stringent scores the prevalence of children with risk of DCD in the selected district appeared to be around 16%.For more generalization, studies with more samples and comparison with the MABC-2 or equivalent is needed.