Pediatric Oral Motor Feeding Assessments: A Systematic Review
Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Barton, C., Bickell, M., et al. (2018).
Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 38(2), 190-209.
This systematic review investigates the clinical properties and psychometric soundness of assessments to assess the oral motor feeding in children older than 6 months of age.
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Inception up to August 2016
Peer-reviewed studies
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<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Dysphagia Disorder Survey</em> (DDS):</div>
<ul>
<li>a wide range inter-rater reliability (0.7-1);</li>
<li>very good intra-rater reliability (0.4-0.86);</li>
<li>adequate convergent, construct, concurrent, and predictive validity; and</li>
<li>limited discriminative validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric properties for the <em>Gisel Video Assessment</em>(GVA):</div>
<ul>
<li>a wide range inter-rater reliability (0.69-.97); and</li>
<li>a wide range internal consistency (0.48-0.87).</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric properties for the <em>Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale</em>(MCH-FS):</div>
<ul>
<li>a wide range test-retest reliability (0.4-1);</li>
<li>a wide range internal consistency (0.48-0.87); and</li>
<li>adequate convergent and construct validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems</em> (PASSFP):</div>
<ul>
<li>very good test-retest reliability (0.89-0.97); and</li>
<li>very good internal consistency (0.89-0.974).</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Ability for Basic Feeding and Swallowing Scale for Children</em> (ABFS-C):</div>
<ul>
<li>wide range for inter-rater reliability (0.6-1);</li>
<li>very good internal consistency (0.89-0.974); and</li>
<li>adequate concurrent validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Screening Tool of Feeding Problems Applied to Children</em> (STEP-CHILD):</div>
<ul>
<li>adequate internal consistency (0.57-0.66); and</li>
<li>adequate convergent validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Functional Feeding Assessment modified</em> (FFAm):</div>
<ul>
<li>very good inter-rater reliability (0.89-0.93); and</li>
<li>adequate construct and concurrent validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>"This systematic review demonstrates clinical usefulness of the tools based on their assessment properties; however additional studies are needed to further establish their psychometric soundness" (p. 208). Findings indicated that only nine of the 12 assessment tools were tested for both reliability and validity, and the slurp test was not tested for any psychometric properties.</div>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric properties for the <em>Behavioral Assessment Scale of Oral Functions in Feeding</em> (BASOFF):</div>
<ul>
<li>adequate inter-rater reliability (0.7-0.76); and</li>
<li>adequate test-retest reliability (0.68-0.79).</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric properties for the <em>Schedule for Oral Motor Assessment</em> (SOMA):</div>
<ul>
<li>a wide range inter-rater reliability (0.6-1);</li>
<li>very good intra-rater reliability (greater than 0.9);</li>
<li>a wide range test-rest reliability (0.4-1);</li>
<li>adequate convergent and predictive validity; and</li>
<li>limited discriminative validity. </li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Oral Motor Assessment Scale </em>(OMAS):</div>
<ul>
<li>a wide range for inter-rater reliability (0.6-0.9);</li>
<li>very good intra-rater reliability (greater than 0.9);</li>
<li>very good test-retest reliability (0.89-0.97); and</li>
<li>adequate construct validity.</li>
</ul>
<div>Findings indicated the following psychometric measurements for the <em>Brief Assessment of Motor Function- Oral Motor Deglutition</em> (BAMF-OMD):</div>
<ul>
<li>very good inter-rater reliability (0.89-1); and</li>
<li>limited content validity.</li>
</ul>
