Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2010, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (48): 9037-9040.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2010.48.026

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Reliability and validity for Chinese Version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory PedsQLTM3.0 Cardiac Module

Huang Zhuo-yan1, Hao Yuan-tao2, Zhu Qi2, Lin Dan-er2, Yang Zhong-yi1, Hu Jia-mei3   

  1. 1 First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou  510080, Guangdong Province, China; 2 School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou  510080, Guangdong Province, China; 3 Guangzhou Children’s Hospital, Guangzhou  510080, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2010-11-26 Published:2010-11-26
  • Contact: Hao Yuan-tao, Doctor, Associate professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China haoyt@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • About author:Huang Zhuo-yan★, Master, Nurse-in-charge, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China yanzi3564@sina.com

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Health related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with heart disease receives increasing attention, but there are few related studies in China. One of the main reasons is a lack of suitable questionnaire.
OBJECTIVE: To test the reliability and validity of Chinese Version “Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory PedsQL3.0 Cardiac Module”.
METHODS: The standard procedure of cross-culture adaptation was used to develop the Chinese version PedsQL3.0 Cardiac Module. A total of 310 pediatric outpatients/inpatients with heart disease and their parents from three Triple A hospitals in Guangzhou completed the Chinese version PedsQL3.0 Cardiac Module. The psychometric properties of the scale such as internal consistency, content validity and construct validity were evaluated.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 462 of 480 questionnaires were completed. The rate of item missing was less than 1%. All domains' Cronbach alpha ranged from 0.66-0.9, except the 5-7 years old group (α=0.35 in “Appearance”). The results of correlation analysis showed that there was higher correlation between item and its belonged domains than that with other domains. The results of Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated that the factor structure was similar to the theoretical construct of the original instrument. An acceptable psychometric property of the Chinese Version PedsQL3.0 Cardiac Module was indicated. Chinese version PedQL3.0 Cardiac Module can be used in health-related quality of life research for Chinese cardiac children.

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