PROSTHESIS SATISFACTION OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN PEDIATRIC LIMB DEFICIENCY

Objective: To describe the development and initial psychometric proper ties of a new outcome measure to assess satisfaction with prosthesis i n children with limb deficiencies. Design: Parents of children with li mb deficiency were surveyed during routine outpatient clinic visits, S etting: Two outpatient pediatric clinics, Participants: Ninety-seven p arents of children with limb deficiency aged 1 to 17 years, Main Outco me Measure: The newly developed Child Amputee Prosthetics Project-Pros thesis Satisfaction Inventory (CAPP-PSI). Results: Internal consistenc y reliability is high. Zero-order correlations with prosthesis wear/us e patterns and with parent ratings of prosthesis appearance provide su pport for the construct validity of the CAPP-PSI. Conclusion: The CAPP -PSI isa promising, brief, parent-administered inventory for the asses sment of prosthesis satisfaction in children with limb deficiency, It may be useful in future research for predicting prosthesis wear and us e patterns in this population. (C) 1997 by the American Congress of Re habilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine an d Rehabilitation.