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Table 1 Summary of contents and Cronbach's alpha of the CHQ-PF28 health scales [28]

From: Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions

Scales

Abbr.

Summary of content

No. of items

Cronbach's alpha 1

Physical Functioning

PF

Child's limitations in performing physical activities, including self-care, due to health.

3

0.85

Role/social limitations-Emotional-Behavioural

REB

Child's limitations in school work or activities with friends as a result of emotional and/or behavioural problems.

1

 

Role/social limitations-Physical

RP

Child's limitations in schoolwork or activities with friends as a result of physical health.

1

 

Bodily Pain

BP

Child's degree and frequency of bodily pain.

1

 

General Behaviour

BE

Child's frequency of behavioural problems, e.g. exhibits aggressive, immature, delinquent behaviour.

4

0.74

Mental Health

MH

Child's frequency of positive and negative feelings, e.g. anxiety, depression, happiness and peacefulness.

3

0.68

Self Esteem

SE

Child's satisfaction with abilities, looks, family/peer relationships and life overall.

3

0.78

General Health

GH

Child's past, future and current health.

4

0.65

Parental impact-Emotional

PE

Parent's experience of emotional worry/concern as a result of child's physical and/or psychosocial health.

2

0.65

Parental impact-Time

PT

Parent's experience of limitations in time available for personal needs due to child's physical and/or psychosocial health.

2

0.75

Family Activities

FA

Family's frequency of disruption in family activities due to child's health.

2

0.74

Family-Cohesion

FC

Family's ability to get along.

1

 

Change in Health2

CH

Child's health as compared to a year ago.

1

 

Physical Summary measure

PhS

Summary measure for the physical dimension of the CHQ.

 

0.80

Psychosocial Summary measure

PsS

Summary measure for the psychosocial dimension of the CHQ.

 

0.84

  1. 1Cronbach's alpha show the internal consistency in the present study.
  2. 2The CH scale was not used in this study.