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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 535-545 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of pediatric psychology |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2003 |
Keywords
- Children
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Health-related quality of life
- Validation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology