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Study aim: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge.
Material and methods: This questionnaire was conducted on 30 Iranian parents. The questionnaire assessed knowledge of abnormalities in body posture and ergonomic knowledge of parents, which were in line with their postural knowledge. The kappa coefficient (test–retest reliability) of the questionnaire included assessing its stability over 1 week among 30 participants. The validity of the content of the questionnaire was checked and agreed upon by three experts from three different institutions.
Results: The kappa coefficient for 19 questions and their 46 sub-questions ranged from 0.30 to 1. Out of these items, 89% (n = 41) had a value of 0.6 or above and 11% (n = 5) were below 0.6. Questions were categorized as “no change expected” (0.86÷1), “change unlikely” (0.68÷1), and “change likely” (0.30÷0.68).
Conclusions: The Parent’s Postural Knowledge Questionnaire was found to be highly reliable and its contents relevant for the assessment of postural knowledge among Iranian parents. This tool is appropriate for studying larger populations in the variable of interest.
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Study aim: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge.
Material and methods: This questionnaire was conducted on 30 Iranian parents. The questionnaire assessed knowledge of abnormalities in body posture and ergonomic knowledge of parents, which were in line with their postural knowledge. The kappa coefficient (test–retest reliability) of the questionnaire included assessing its stability over 1 week among 30 participants. The validity of the content of the questionnaire was checked and agreed upon by three experts from three different institutions.
Results: The kappa coefficient for 19 questions and their 46 sub-questions ranged from 0.30 to 1. Out of these items, 89% (n = 41) had a value of 0.6 or above and 11% (n = 5) were below 0.6. Questions were categorized as “no change expected” (0.86÷1), “change unlikely” (0.68÷1), and “change likely” (0.30÷0.68).
Conclusions: The Parent’s Postural Knowledge Questionnaire was found to be highly reliable and its contents relevant for the assessment of postural knowledge among Iranian parents. This tool is appropriate for studying larger populations in the variable of interest.

Reliability of a self-report questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge

Health and Sport Medicine Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences

Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge.
Material and methods: This questionnaire was conducted on 30...

Reliability of a self-report questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge

Published Online: Aug 10, 2023

Page range: 194 - 200

Received: Mar 14, 2023

Accepted: Jun 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0023

Keywords
Postural knowledge, Postural literacy, Parent, Children, Posture, Ergonomic

© 2023 Reza Rajabi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reliability of a self-report questionnaire to assess parents’ postural knowledge

Published Online: Aug 10, 2023

Page range: 194 - 200

Received: Mar 14, 2023

Accepted: Jun 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2023-0023

KeywordsPostural knowledge, Postural literacy, Parent, Children, Posture, Ergonomic

© 2023 Reza Rajabi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Postural knowledge, Postural literacy, Parent, Children, Posture, Ergonomic