Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the Arabic version of Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ).
Ahmed Amer, Mahmoud A Alomari, Gustav Jarl and 4 others
PMID 35847188WHAT IT FOUND
The Arabic hand-use questionnaire became understandable and repeatable for Jordanian children with one-hand dysfunction after wording changes.
Knife-and-fork and card activities fit local daily life less well.
Key findings
01The adapted Arabic hand-use questionnaire was tested with 161 children and parents in Jordan, and 39 answered again 14 to 21 days later.
02Total scores were stable when repeated, but 11 of 18 shared items stayed reasonably consistent when repeated, and 7 did not.
03The questionnaire was understandable for most items, but knife-and-fork and card activities fit Jordanian daily life less well.
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What it does not show
The questionnaire was tested only in Jordan, so the results may not apply to every Arabic-speaking country. The study checked consistency and repeatability, but it did not show that the questionnaire measures what it is supposed to measure or that it captures real change after therapy. The test-retest group was small for separate age-version results, so some item-level estimates were uncertain. Some daily activities, especially knife-and-fork tasks and card play, were less understandable or less relevant in Jordan.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts. Swedish foundations and universities funded the work, and Jordan University of Science and Technology also supported it.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the Arabic hand-use questionnaire as a proven outcome measure for all Arabic-speaking countries. It was tested only in Jordan, and the paper did not show validity or sensitivity to change.