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- Title
Reliability and validity of the child health questionnaire-child form (CHQ-CF87) in a Dutch adolescent population.
- Authors
Raat, H; Landgraf, J M; Bonsel, G J; Gemke, R J B J; Essink-Bot, M L
- Abstract
Feasibility, reliability, and discriminative validity of the cross-culturally adapted Dutch version of the originally US child health questionnaire-child form (CHQ-CF87), an 87-item generic pediatric health-related quality of life instrument, were assessed. The success criterion in this first evaluation was the equivalence of psychometric properties of the adapted and the original CHQ. A total of 466 schoolchildren (9-17 years) were invited to complete the questionnaire in the classroom. Test-retest reliability was measured after 14 days in a subgroup (n = 71). Response was 96%. Four scales had ceiling effects (>50%), as was reported in an Australian study. Cronbach alpha-values were adequate (>0.70), except for 'physical functioning' (0.56). Test-retest correlations, not previously reported, were not statistically significant for two CHQ-scales, whereas average retest scores indicated better health for five scales (p < 0.01). The CHQ scales discriminated significantly (p < 0.01) between children without (n = 281) and children with two or more self-reported chronic diseases (n = 59). This is in correspondence with US and Australian reports.
- Publication
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2002, Vol 11, Issue 6, p575
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/a:1016393311799