الفهرس 
Physiology of Pediatric Feeding and SwallowingOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
SUMMARY
F
eeding problems are a heterogeneous group of disorders with many causes that disrupt the acquisition of age-appropriate feeding habits.
Pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) is defined as “impaired oral intake that isn’t age-appropriate and is associated with medical, nutritional, feeding skills, and/or psychosocial dysfunction leading to inability to consume sufficient food and liquids to meet nutritional and hydration requirements”.
Swallowing disorder or dysphagia is defined as any disruption of the normal swallow mechanism of the preparatory transport of a bolus from the oral cavity through both pharynx and esophagus to the stomach.
Questionnaires are increasingly used and represent ideal tools that are non-invasive and time-efficient assessments, cost-effective, easy to interpret and accurate.
Self-evaluation questionnaires, initially validated in English need to be translated and re-validated in different languages in order to be administered to an increased number of patients across the globe.
The aim of this work is to develop an Arabic version of the Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire (A-ICFQ) and to evaluate its validity and reliability in the Arabic speaking population with children having feeding disorders, in order to facilitate early detection of pediatric feeding problems.
The original English version of the Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire (ICFQ) was translated into Arabic by three Arabic bilingual, experienced phoniatricians after obtaining the formal approval from the main author to translate the Questionnaire into Arabic, for academic purposes, without legal responsibility.
Thirty caregivers of children with known feeding problem and thirty caregivers of children without known feeding problems were recruited in this study after obtaining their consent.
Then Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, face and content validity were assessed