Identifying play characteristics of pre-school children with developmental coordination disorder via parental questionnaires |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP), Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Israel;2. Clalit Medical Services HMO, Dan Region and University Clinics, Ariel University, Israel;3. Clalit Medical Services HMO, Dan Region, Israel;1. Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia;2. Curtin University, Perth, Australia;3. University of Leeds, United Kingdom;4. Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia;1. Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy;2. University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands;1. Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;2. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;3. Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;4. CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Canada;5. School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;6. Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;1. School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia;2. Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands;3. School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia;1. Brunel University London, Division of Occupational Therapy, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK;2. Oxford Brookes University, Department of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK;3. School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballara, VIC 3353, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Motor coordination deficits that characterize children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) affect their quality of participation. The aim of the current study was to identify play characteristics of young children with DCD, compared to those of children with typical development in three dimensions: activity and participation, environmental factors and children’s impairments.MethodSixty-four children, aged four to six years, participated. Thirty were diagnosed as having DCD; the remaining 34 children were age, gender and socioeconomic level matched controls with typical development. The children were evaluated by the M-ABC. In addition, their parents completed a demographic questionnaire, the Children’s Activity Scale for Parents (CHAS-P), the Children’s Leisure Assessment Scale for preschoolers (CLASS-Pre), and My Child’s Play Questionnaire (MCP).ResultsChildren with DCD performed significantly poorer in each of the four play activity and participation domains: variety, frequency, sociability, and preference (CLASS-Pre). Furthermore, their environmental characteristics were significantly different (MCP). They displayed significantly inferior performance (impairments) in interpersonal interaction and executive functioning during play, in comparison to controls (MCP). Moreover, the children’s motor and executive control as reflected in their daily function as well as their activities of daily living (ADL) performance level, contributed to the prediction of their global play participation.DiscussionThe results indicate that the use of both the CLASS-Pre and the MCP questionnaires enables the identification of unique play characteristics of pre-school children with DCD via parents’ reports. A better insight into these characteristics may contribute to theoretical knowledge and clinical practice to improve the children’s daily participation. |
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| Keywords: | Play Participation Environmental factors Impairments Motor Interpersonal Executive functions |
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