Elisabetta Sforza, Chiara Leoni, Elena De Rosa, Jacopo Bellani, Germana Viscogliosi, Antonella Di Paola, Marta Zampino, Rita Fischetto, Marika Pane, Donato Rigante, Serenella Servidei, Guido Primiano, Roberta Onesimo, Angelo Carfì, Zampino Giuseppe
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BACKGROUND: The Child and Youth Mental Health and Developmental Disability ChYMH-DD is a psychometrically rigorous tool for care planning for children with developmental disabilities. It allows paediatricians and other healthcare professionals to perform a comprehensive assessment of children functional status and family burden. AIM: The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt, and preliminarily assess the Italian version of the ChYMH-DD for use in clinical settings involving pediatric patients with developmental disabilities. METHODS: The original version of the ChYMH-DD was translated and cross-culturally adapted through five stages: (1) initial translation, (2) synthesis of the translations, (3) back translation, (4) expert committee, and (5) test of the pre-final version. RESULTS: In the present study we successfully translated and adapted the ChYMH-DD into the Italian language. Translation of the questionnaire was performed without significant difficulties. During the third stage, no gross inconsistencies and conceptual errors as compared to the original version were highlighted. CONCLUSION: The Italian version of ChYMH-DD increase access to a valid and homogeneous assessment for children of Italian-speaking families and can support clinical decision-making. The Italian ChYMH-DD has potential to improve patients’ quality of life and quality of the care received for children with developmental disabilities.
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics is an open access peer-reviewed journal that includes all aspects of pediatric medicine. The journal also covers health service and public health research that addresses primary care issues.
The journal provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine. The journal will continue to develop the range of articles published to enable this invaluable resource to stay at the forefront of the field.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, which commenced in 1975 as Rivista Italiana di Pediatria, provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine. The journal will continue to develop the range of articles published to enable this invaluable resource to stay at the forefront of the field.
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