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AI InsightThe test-retest reliability coefficient between the two administrations with a two-week interval wasfound as 0.772.Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the newly developed Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation met thecriteria for examining the role of families of children with special needs in rehabilitation programs and had adequate psychometricproperties.
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Abstract
Background/aim: The present study aimed to develop a reliable and valid assessment tool for measuring family functioning inrehabilitation.Materials and methods: Semistructured interviews were performed with 100 rehabilitation professionals working in pediatrics toidentify the feature to be measured. The items determined with the qualitative analysis of the data were presented to 14 experts andcontent validity was provided. The questionnaire created based on the judgments of the experts was administered to 440 parents ofchildren with special needs.Results: After validity and reliability analysis, the final version of the questionnaire comprised 48 items with four factors identifiedas awareness, attitude and behavior, social participation, and engagement in rehabilitation. These factors explained 49.94% of thetotal variance and the factor loadings ranged from 0.492 to 0.773. Internal consistency reliability calculated with the Cronbach alphacoefficient was found to be 0.943. The test-retest reliability coefficient between the two administrations with a two-week interval wasfound as 0.772.Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the newly developed Family Functioning Questionnaire in Rehabilitation met thecriteria for examining the role of families of children with special needs in rehabilitation programs and had adequate psychometricproperties.