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Paediatric health‐related quality of life instrument for primary school children: cross‐cultural validation
Author(s) -
Laaksonen Camilla,
Aromaa Minna,
Hein Olli J.,
Suominen Sakari,
Salanterä Sanna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04347.x
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , quality of life (healthcare) , construct validity , proxy (statistics) , psychological intervention , medicine , cognition , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , health related quality of life , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychology , gerontology , nursing , psychiatry , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , machine learning , computer science , physics , disease , pathology
Title. Paediatric health‐related quality of life instrument for primary school children: cross‐cultural validation.Aim. This article is a report of a study to validate the Finnish version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM (PedsQL TM *) for children aged 8–12 years. Background. Promoting and improving health and well‐being of children are the global goals of primary‐day health care. Sophisticated, internationally valid measurement tools are needed for planning, conducting and evaluating interventions to meet these challenges. The PedsQL TM is a promising, relatively new instrument developed in the United States to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQL) in children and adolescents. Method. Content validity of the Finnish version of PedsQL TM 4.0 was assessed in 2004 during the translation process and tested by performing cognitive interviews with children aged 8–12 years ( n = 7) and their parents ( n = 5). Construct validity and reliability of the Finnish version of the PedsQL TM 4.0 were statistically tested on a sample of school children ( n = 1097) and their parents ( n = 999). Findings. Cognitive interviews confirmed that the concepts, questions and response alternatives of the Finnish version are equivalent to the original PedsQL TM 4.0. The Finnish version was easy to understand and complete. The construct validity was good. Cronbach´s alpha values were excellent for the total scale score (Child‐Self Report α = 0·91 and Parent‐Proxy Report α = 0·88) and good for sub‐ and summary scales (Child‐Self Report α = 0·73–0·89 and Parent‐Proxy Report α = 0·69–0·86). Conclusion. Results support previous research on validity and reliability of the PedsQL TM 4.0. The Finnish version of the PedsQL TM 4.0 demonstrated good validity and reliability in primary school children. Future research is needed to examine, construct and predictive validity of the Finnish version of the PedsQL TM 4.0.