Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Computer Adaptive-test (PEDI-CAT)

The PEDI-CAT is the computerized version of PEDI and has been translated and adapted culturally to Brazil [33]. It is answered by the children's caregiver and has an item bank divided into two domains: (1) mobility, which includes 75 items ranging from basic motor skills (e.g., sitting without support) to more difficult motor skills (e.g., running or climbing a step ladder). Additionally, this domain includes the use of walking devices; (2) cognitive/social, which includes 60 items related to interaction (e.g., follows the gaze of another person), communication (e.g., uses gestures to ask for something), everyday cognition (e.g., recognizes his/her name), and self-management (e.g., when upset response without hitting). In these domains, the four-point scores (unable, hard, a little hard, easy) are based on different levels of difficulty. The overall score is transformed in a normative score (based on age) and a continuous score that will be used in the analyses. The PEDI-CAT will be administered on the baseline and at the end of the 12th week of the intervention.
