2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of child occupational self assessment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21800043
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research Institution	Kanagawa University of Human Services
Principal Investigator	ARIKAWA Mayumi Kanagawa University of Human Services, 助教 (90535410)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	医療・福祉 / 作業療法
Research Abstract	In order to carry out client-centered practice in pediatric occupational therapy, we implemented the Japanese version of the Child Occupational Self Assessment (COSA) for 356 children in a regular school class. We examined the internal consistency, the test-retest reliability, the construct validity and the criterion-related validity. As a result the Japanese version of COSA was confirmed to have a high level of internal consistency and sufficient test-retest retesting reliability, the construct validity and the criterion-related validity. The client-centered evaluation and effective intervention based on the evaluation is essential topic to pediatric occupational therapy in Japan. The outcomes of this study are considered to be very important.