Turkish Validation of The Drooling Impact Scale

A scale with 10 items which are scored with visual analog scale from1 to 10. Drooling impact increases with increased scores.

In this scale, parents or care givers were asked to rate the severity and frequency of drooling, classifying severity of drooling using a 5-level domain ranging from 1 (dry) to 5 (profuse drooling). The frequency of drooling was classified using a 4-level domain ranging from 1(no drooling) to 4 (constant drooling)

A quality of life scale that measure caregivers' perspectives on the health status, comfort, well being, and ease of caregiving of children with severe developmental disabilities. CPCHILD consists of 36 items distributed over six sections representing the following domains: (1) Personal Care (eight items); (2) Positioning, Transfer, and Mobility (eight items); (3) Communication and Social Interaction (seven items); (4) Comfort, Emotions, and Behaviour (nine items); (5) Health (three items); and (6) Overall Quality Of Life (one item). For the sections which involve the performance of skills, the degree of difficulty of accomplishing each task or activity was rated on a 7-point ordinal scale anchored by 0 ('No problem at all') to 6 ('Impossible').

DQ is a semi-quantitative method that assesses the presence of newly formed saliva on the lips every 15 seconds with 40 observations in 10 minutes, expressed as a percentage based on the ratio between the number of observed drooling episodes and the total number of observations.

Patients will be asked to score their children's drooling severity on a visual analog scale (0-100 mm, 0 none to 100 severe)

Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) which is a 7-point ordinal scale document the functional level of oral intake of food and liquid.

Parents will be asked their children's number of bibs daily used.

Parents will be asked their children's number of hospital admissions per year related to respiratory infections.

The GMFCS describes self-initiated movement and use of assistive devices (walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs) for mobility during an individual's usual activity.

The MACS is also a simple, five-point ordinal classification system and was designed for use in children ages 4-18 years. The MACS is a validated measure in cerebral palsy that can be used to classify a child's typical use of both hands and upper limbs.

The CFCS is a simple, five-point ordinal classification system that assesses everyday communication (not optimal communication) of children with cerebral palsy.

EDACS is a measure to assess eating and drinking ability for children with CP, ages 3 and older. This classification is a simple five-point ordinal system.