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Table 2 Scale Descriptives and Internal Consistency Reliability for PedsQL 4.0

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales

Scale

Items

N

Mean

SD

Percentage floor

Percentage ceiling

Cronbach's alpha

Adolescent self-report

Total score

23

414

85.29

11.11

0

2.6

.84

Physical health

8

422

91.12

10.35

0

26.5

.78

Psychosocial health

15

416

82.16

12.50

0

3.1

.82

Emotional functioning

5

424

77.15

17.32

0

10.4

.79

Social functioning

5

424

88.12

13.11

0

43.6

.80

School functioning

5

424

78.02

15.47

0

8.3

.73

Parent proxy-report

Total score

23

232

86.10

10.20

0

3.4

.77

Physical health

8

236

88.83

11.76

0

24.2

.80

Psychosocial health

15

234

84.66

10.92

0

4.3

.88

Emotional functioning

5

238

79.98

14.13

0

12.7

.78

Social functioning

5

238

88.05

13.37

0

46.0

.82

School functioning

5

238

88.97

12.37

0

13.5

.75