Validation of a Disease-Specific Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life for Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Avani C. Modi; Alexandra L. Quittner

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsg044

Validation of a Disease-Specific Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life for Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Avani C. Modi, Alexandra L. Quittner

Psychology

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire (CFQ)-Child version, a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Method: The CFQ was administered to 84 children with CF, ranging in age from 7 to 13 years, and their parents. Results: Multitrait analyses indicated that a majority of items on the CFQ-Child correlated more highly with their hypothesized scale than a competing scale. Internal consistency coefficients were acceptable for all scales (Cronbach's α = .60-.76), with the exception of treatment burden (Cronbach's α = .44). Results also suggested strong convergence between child and parent-proxy reports on several scales of the CFQ. Conclusion: Results demonstrated that the CFQ-Child is a reliable and valid measure of HRQOL for children with CF.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	535-545
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of pediatric psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsg044
State	Published - Dec 2003

Keywords

Children
Cystic Fibrosis
Health-related quality of life
Validation

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Psychology(all)
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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