Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Psychometrics and Associations With Child and Parent Variables

Allen, Stephanie L.; Smith, Isabel M.; Duku, Eric; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Szatmári, Péter; Bryson, Susan W.; Fombonne, Éric; Volden, Joanne; Waddell, Charlotte; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Roberts, Wendy; Mirenda, Pat; Bennett, Teresa; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Georgiades, Stelios

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv006

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“…Seeking for alternatives for their children to eat, besides possible implications on the narrower variety of foods, family's dinnertime routine can also be affected. Analyzing BPFA in ASD participants, according to Allen et al (2015), the food acceptance category showed that fruits and vegetables were fewer consumed, as also described in the literature (Evans et al, 2012; Hubbard et al, 2014; Johnson et al, 2014). On the other hand, most ASD participants enjoy eating, and eat starches regularly.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 55%

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Feeding behavior and dietary intake of male children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A case‐control study

Castro

Faccioli

Baronio

et al. 2016

Intl J of Devlp Neuroscience

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with restrictive or repetitive behaviors and difficulties with verbal and interpersonal communication, in which some problems involving nutrition may be present. This study aims to evaluate dietary intake and identify feeding behavioral problems in male children and adolescents with ASD when compared to matched controls, as well as parents or caregivers' feelings about strategies for dealing with eating problems. A 3-day food record was performed and nutrient intake was compared to the Dietary Reference Intake according to age. To evaluate children feeding behavior and parents or caregivers' feelings, the Behavior Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFA) was used. ASD patients consumed in average more calories than controls (though with a high patient's frequency above and below calorie range references), had a limited food repertoire, high prevalence of children with inadequate calcium, sodium, iron vitamin B5, folate, and vitamin C intake. BPFA scores were also higher in the ASD group when compared to controls for all frequencies (child behavior, parents and total). These findings lead us to endorse the importance of evaluating feeding problems in the clinical routine, considering also the singular features of the patients.

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confidence: 55%

“…In addition, a recent study proposed a three factors model (food acceptance, medical/oral motor and mealtime behavior) to analyze BPFA as a methodology for children with ASD (Allen et al, 2015). Therefore, we used this model to describe feeding behavior in ASD children.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeding behavior and dietary intake of male children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A case‐control study

Castro

Faccioli

Baronio

et al. 2016

Intl J of Devlp Neuroscience

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“…Satisfaction is linked very strongly with security, trust, and confidence and it also influenced by personal opinions, beliefs, expectations, and experiences (Condelius & Andersson, 2015). Family satisfaction is a protective factor in children with eating disorders (Allen et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The eating disorder in infants and toddlers is caused by several factors, including: genetic and biological factor, environmental and sociocultural influences, and psychological stress (Campbell & Peebles, 2014;De Luca & Napoletani, 2015), mother and family factor (Allen et al, 2014), and dysfunctional interaction between mother and child (Goulding et al, 2014;Gueron-Sela, Atzaba-Poria, Meiri, & Yerushalmi, 2011;Kröller & Warschburger, 2009;Sacrato et al, 2010;Squires, Lalanne, Murday, Simoglou, & Vaivre-Douret, 2014). The prevalence of affectionate tension between parents and child is 13 -82%, depending on the risk factor in the family such as negligence or maltreatment to the child (Skovgaard Vaever, Smith-Nielsen, & Lange, 2016).…”

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Role of Community Nurses in Improving Caregivers' Ability in Caring Children with ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

Prasetyo¹,

Wardojo²,

Pratiwi³

2017

Proceedings of the Health Science International Conference (HSIC 2017)

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“…evelopment of new scales as assessment tools of swallowing and eating behaviors and dysphagia for children is increasing [1][2][3][4]. Nowadays, due to appropriate therapeutic techniques, more children and adults are being survived from medical accidents.…”

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confidence: 99%

Test-Retest and Inter-Rater Reliability Study of the Schedule for Oral-Motor Assessment in Persian Children

Abadi

Yadegari

Mehdizade

et al. 2018

IRJ

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Objectives: Reliable and valid clinical tools to screen, diagnose, and describe eating functions and dysphagia in children are highly warranted. Today most specialists are aware of the role of assessment scales in the treatment of affected individuals. However, the problem is that the clinical tools used might be nonstandard, and worldwide, there is no integrated assessment performed to assess the aforementioned conditions. In a previous study, we translated and examined the schedule for oral-motor assessment for its content validity. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the schedule for oralmotor assessment. Methods:In this validation project, 23 children (6-48 month-old) who were referred to the imaging center were recruited. The assessment was based on the schedule for oralmotor assessment and was conducted by two speech-language pathologists for an interrater agreement evaluation. A retest was completed on 13 children up to 7 days. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), kappa coefficient, and percentage of agreement were analyzed by using SPSS software (version 17). Results:We found a moderate Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC=0.48) and a relatively sensible kappa coefficient (K=0.50) for test-retest agreement. Two speech-language pathologists reached 91% agreement on normal-dysfunctional decisions of schedule for oralmotor assessment. Sections 2, 3, 4, and 6 of schedule for oral-motor assessment demonstrated an agreement of 100%, and Sections 1 and 5 demonstrated an agreement of 91%.Discussion: Schedule for oral-motor assessment meets moderate levels of test-retest and interrater reliability criteria. Nonetheless, the percentage of decision consistency for inter-rater and test-retest examination turned out to be excellent.

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Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Psychometrics and Associations With Child and Parent Variables

Abstract: These results provide evidence supporting the use of the identified BPFAS three-factor model for samples of young children with ASD.

Cited by 58 publications

References 45 publications

Feeding behavior and dietary intake of male children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A case‐control study

Feeding behavior and dietary intake of male children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A case‐control study

Role of Community Nurses in Improving Caregivers' Ability in Caring Children with ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

Test-Retest and Inter-Rater Reliability Study of the Schedule for Oral-Motor Assessment in Persian Children

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