Demonstration of the Yonsei-Social Play Evaluation Tool Keyforms for Occupational Therapy Practice

Abstract

Play is regarded as a child’s primary occupation and provides valuable information about the child’s abilities. Thus, informative assessment tools of play skills are critical for establishing play-related treatment goals in occupational therapy. The objective of this study is to present a practical method for occupational therapists to develop intervention goals using the Yonsei-Social Play Evaluation Tool (Y-SPET) keyforms. Parent responses (n = 310) for preschool children (three to six years old) who did not have a medical diagnosis were examined. The Rasch measurement model was used to create keyforms for the Y-SPET. All children’s raw scores were converted into individual Rasch-calibrated logit scores and standard errors were estimated to establish logically attainable treatment goals. Results showed use of the keyforms could logically identify the intervention goals of the children’s social play. This suggests that the Y-SPET keyforms are helpful for assessing the level of children’s social play and establishing practical treatment goals.

Keywords:

• Play
• playthings
• child
• patient reported outcome measures
• care planning

Declaration of interest

The authors have no affiliation with any organization with a direct or indirect financial interest in the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.

Ethics approval information

This study that does not meet the criteria for human subjects’ research was exempted by the institutional review board at Yonsei university [YUWIRB-1041849-202004-BM-041-03].

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2021S1A3A2A02096338).

Notes on contributors

Sun-Hee Lee

Dr. Sun-Hee Lee is an Occupational Therapist at Enabling Occupation Laboratory in South Korea.

Claudia Hilton

Dr. Claudia Hilton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Texas Medical Branch in the USA.

Hae Yean Park

Dr. Hae Yean Park is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Yonsei University in South Korea.

Ickpyo Hong

Dr. Ickpyo Hong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Yonsei University in South Korea.