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Validation of a Disease-Specific Questionnaire for Measuring Parent-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Allergies.
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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences . Dec2012, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p679-687. 9p. 6 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Purpose: To evaluate the properties and suitability of a disease-specific questionnaire to assess parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQL) of children and parents of children suffering from food hypersensitivity (FHS) or allergy to furred pets (AFP). Methods: The parents of 202 children with FHS and of 131 children with AFP filled in questionnaires comprising the CHQ-PF28 and the Food-Pet-Allergy in Children (FPAC) Questionnaire. Psychometric properties of the FPAC questionnaire were evaluated separately for FHS and AFP. Results: Analyses resulted in five proposed scales: Limitations of Family/Child Activities (I), Parents' Distress (II), Child's Emotions (III), Child in School (IV) and Family Conflicts (V). Convergent/discriminant validity for scales I, II and III of both questionnaires was high; for scale IV it was moderate. All five FHS and four AFP scales were able to distinguish significantly between children with and without clinical allergy symptoms (known-group validity). Internal consistency reliability was good for scales I, II and III, but poor for scale IV. Conclusion: Three valid scales were determined for both FHS and AFP (Limitations of Family/Child Activities, Parents' Distress and Child's Emotions) and can be used in clinical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOMETRICS
*QUALITY of life
*ALLERGIES
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DISCRIMINANT analysis
*FACTOR analysis
*FOOD allergy
*RESEARCH methodology
*PSYCHOLOGY of parents
*PROBABILITY theory
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*STATISTICS
*DATA analysis
*MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
*RESEARCH methodology evaluation
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHILDREN
RESEARCH evaluation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02839318
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 83185647
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.00980.x