Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the pediatric quality of life inventoryTM (PedsQLTM) 3.0 neuromuscular module in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Table 5 Pearson’s product moment correlations among the Chinese version of the PedsQL ^TM Scales for DMD

*Scale*	TG	PH	*PsyH*	EF	SF	*SchF*	TN	AN	C	FR
PedsQL ^TM Generic Core Scales
Total Generic Core (TG)	---	0.43	0.56	0.60	0.67	0.74	0.67	0.14	0.61	0.28
Physical Health (PH)	0.47	---	0.55	0.44	0.43	0.50	0.43	0.28	0.22	0.25
Psychosocial Health (PsyH)	0.61	0.49	---	0.50	0.72	0.61	0.28	0.14	0.55	0.45
Emotional Functioning (EF)	0.41	0.33	0.31	---	0.48	0.38	0.48	0.10	0.50	0.12
Social Functioning (SF)	0.78	0.56	0.40	0.65	---	0.26	0.40	0.15	0.68	0.51
School Functioning (SchF)	0.67	0.46	0.60	0.61	0.66	---	0.24	0.22	0.49	0.37
PedsQL ^TM Neuromuscular Module
Total Neuromuscular Module (TN)	0.60	0.52	0.50	0.55	0.58	0.57	---	0.25	0.44	0.25
About My/My Child’s Neuromuscular Disease (AN)	0.39	0.38	0.23	0.46	0.30	0.40	0.30	---	0.20	0.27
Communication (C)	0.39	0.66	0.41	0.27	0.45	0.36	0.45	0.27	---	0.01
About Our Family Resources (FR)	0.11	0.01	0.21	0.04	0.18	0.34	0.18	0.10	0.20	---

Note: Pearson’s product moment correlations for child self-report and parent proxy-report are presented above and below the diagonal dashed lines, respectively.
Pearson’s product moment correlations are designated as small (0.10), medium (0.30), and large (0.50).
Underlined values represent correlations between child self-report and parent proxy-report subscales.
TG, Total Generic Core; PH, Physical Health; PsyH, Psychosocial Health; EF, Emotional Functioning; SF, Social Functioning; SchF, School Functioning; TN, Total Neuromuscular Module; AN, About My Neuromuscular Disease; C, Communication; FR, About Our Family Resources.

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