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Validation of the German Glasgow children’s benefit inventory
Author(s) -
Schwentner Ilona,
Schwentner Christian,
Schmutzhard Joachim,
Radmayr Christian,
Grabher Gudrun,
Sprinzl Georg,
Höfer Stefan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00823.x
Subject(s) - varimax rotation , german , psychological intervention , medicine , exploratory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , intervention (counseling) , psychometrics , family medicine , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , psychiatry , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , history
Objective The aim of this study was to validate the German Glasgow Children’s Benefit Inventory (GCBI) in children with different surgical interventions. Material and methods The GCBI was translated by using accepted forward–backward translation techniques and mailed to 741 parents whose children underwent either an otorhinolaryngological ( n = 641) or an urological intervention ( n = 100). The assessment was performed in a retrospective manner at the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria between January and March 2006. An exploratory principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation using factor loadings of ≥0.40 to allocate items to a scale was performed. Frequencies, means and standard deviations were used to describe patient, clinical, sociodemographic, and scale characteristics. Results The questionnaire was completed and returned by 325 patients (43.9%). The GCBI showed a high internal consistency (α = 0.84). The four‐factor solution, emotional, vitality, learning and physical health explained 55.7% of variance. Conclusion The German version of the GCBI was proven to be valid and reliable. It is suitable for subjective outcome analysis of different paediatric interventions from infants to adolescents.