ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop evaluation items used to measure the sensory modulationfunction based activities of daily living for preschoolers. Methods: The first step was to select the area of daily activity and collect data for the development ofpreliminary items. The second step was to select the question items through expert verification, in which atotal of 21 occupational therapists with experience in pediatric setting were selected. A Delphi survey wascarried out three times. A final survey was used as a check of the level of parental understanding regardingthe contents of the preliminary items and compositions. Results: The results of the data collection and Delphi survey showed seven areas of development for dailyactivities (sleeping and waking up, wearing clothes, eating, using the bathroom, washing, dressing up, andmoving) and 105 preliminary question items. Finally, the average content validity ratio of the Delphi surveyresults was .89; the stability, 0.13; and the consensus, 0.81, which are regarded as high scores. Conclusion: This study verified the content validity of the evaluation items for the sensory modulation problemsof preschoolers based on their activities of daily living. In the future, it is expected that the usefulness of theevaluation items will be confirmed. They will then be used as an evaluation tool in a clinical setting.