The modification of the kid play profile: for urban living children in Tshwane/Pretoria

Abstract

The assessment of play as an occupation is difficult in occupational therapy due to the lack of tools that measure play directly from the child. The Kid Play Profile is a child self-report survey developed in the USA that enquires from children directly, but contains activities that may not be appropriate in South Africa. This study aimed to modify the KPP for use in South Africa, using the Nominal Group Technique. The modified KPP was field tested and the results showed that the mKPP has adequate content validity. The overall test-retest reliability scores were above 0.7 indicating acceptable reliability, but did not achieve acceptable reliability levels in 3 of the 6 subsections. The internal consistency presented with an adequate Cronbach’s alpha of 0.77 in both tests. It was concluded that mKPP can be used in the process of play assessment with urban, middle- to high socio-economic children in Tshwane/Pretoria.