Development and validation of MyCommunication-Youth: A self-report measure for communicative participation in children, adolescents and young adults

Authors Eline Alons, Lizet van Ewijk, Margreet Roelien Luinge, Nicole ter Wal, Tonny Methorst, Ellen Gerrits, Caroline Barbara Terwee
Published in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Publication date 2025
Research groups Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
Type Article

Summary

Communicative participation is the most important outcome of speech and language therapy, but there are no measurement instruments for children, adolescents, and young adults. This paper describes the development of MyCommunication-Youth: an item bank to measure self-reported communicative participation in children, adolescents and young adults with various communication disorders.

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  • Eline Alons
    Eline Alons
    • PhD candidate
    • Research group: Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
  • Lizet van Ewijk
    • Researcher
    • Research group: Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
  • Nicole ter Wal Tournai | Researcher | Research group Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
    Nicole ter Wal
    • Researcher
    • Research group: Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
  • Ellen Gerrits | Professor | Research group Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
    Ellen Gerrits
    • Professor
    • Research group: Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication
Language English
Published in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Year and volume 9 86 (2025)
Key words children, adolescents, young adults, participation, outcome, content validity
Digital Object Identifier 10.1186/s41687-025-00913-1
Page range 1-14

Eline Alons

Eline Alons

Eline Alons

  • PhD candidate
  • Research group: Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication