Face and Content Validity of a Handwriting Program for Children With Handwriting Difficulties

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-05-15 DOI:10.47836/mjmhs.19.3.34

Mahfuzah Zainol, Masne Kadar, Nor Afifi Razaob, Farahiyah Wan Yunus

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Introduction: Occupational therapists have been developing various handwriting intervention that has fundamental occupational goals with known validity to guide professional practice in the treatment of children with handwriting difficulties. This study aimed to explore the development and content validation of a developed handwriting intervention programme for children with handwriting difficulties. Methods: This study employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodology based on the sequential exploratory design in two main stages. The first stage is the focus group discussion and followed by a validation procedure using face and content validity scored by the expert reviewers. A total of thirteen experts participated in this study. Results: The findings were analyzed thematically according to physical appearance, language used, and content in the developed programme. The face and content validity report a convincing value, ranging from 0.99 to 1.00 of S-CVI values on four aspects, relevancy, clarity, simplicity, and ambiguity in the developed programme. Conclusion: This study provided preliminary approval for the development and validation of a handwriting intervention programme for children with handwriting difficulties to support the demand in the Malaysian school curriculum.

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手写困难儿童手写程序的人脸和内容有效性

引言：职业治疗师一直在开发各种具有基本职业目标且有效性已知的笔迹干预措施，以指导治疗笔迹困难儿童的专业实践。本研究旨在探索为有书写困难的儿童开发的手写干预计划的开发和内容验证。方法：本研究采用定性和定量相结合的方法，分两个主要阶段进行顺序探索设计。第一阶段是焦点小组讨论，然后是使用专家评审员评分的面部和内容有效性的验证程序。共有13名专家参与了这项研究。结果：根据身体外观、语言使用和开发的节目内容对研究结果进行了主题分析。面部和内容的有效性报告了一个令人信服的值，在四个方面，即相关性、清晰性、简单性和模糊性，S-CVI值的范围从0.99到1.00不等。结论：本研究为制定和验证针对书写困难儿童的书写干预计划提供了初步批准，以支持马来西亚学校课程的需求。

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期刊介绍： The Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences (MJMHS) is published by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The main aim of the MJMHS is to be a premier journal on all aspects of medicine and health sciences in Malaysia and internationally. The focus of the MJMHS will be on results of original scientific research and development, emerging issues and policy analyses pertaining to medical, biomedical and clinical sciences.