Initial validation of the Argentinean Spanish version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in children and adolescents with chronic diseases: acceptability and comprehensibility in low-income settings

Table 6 Construct validity of the PedsQL 4.0 Argentinean Spanish Version

1^st Hypothesis: Correlation between PedsQL scores and overall health impairment¹
	PedsQL mean (SD)	Physician VAS mean (SD)	r ³	p-value
Self-Report	66.87 (16.74)	4.01(2.42)	-0.23	0.001
Proxy-Report	73.36 (16.09)	4.01(2.42)	-0.32	< 0.001
2nd Hypothesis : Correlation between PedsQL scores and self-reported overall health status ²
	PedsQL mean (SD)	Self-report VAS mean (SD)	r ³	p-value
Self-Report	66.87 (16.74)	8.32 (1.82)	0.34	< 0.001
Proxy-Report	73.36(16.09)	8.38 (1.51)	0.33	< 0.001
3 ^rd Hypothesis : Correlation between Self-report and Proxy-report PedsQL scores ²
	Self-Report	Proxy-Report	R ³	p-value
PedsQL, mean (SD)	66.87 (16.74)	73.36 (16.09)	0.39	< 0.001

¹VASphys: 0 (none) to 10 (maximum) impairment of health status
²VASc or VASp: 0 (very bad) to 10 (very well) overall feeling during the past month.
³r = Pearson's correlation coefficient interpreted as low (< 0.10), moderate (0.11–0.30) and high (> 0.30).

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