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Table 4 PedsQL™ Cancer Module: assessment of Internal Consistency Reliability according to report of the child/adolescent (n = 124) and report of the guardian (n = 190)

From: Measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) cancer module scale

PedsQL™ Subscales

Report of child/adolescent Item-Total Correlation

Report of guardian Item-Total Correlation

Report of child/adolescent Corrected Item-Total Correlation

Report of guardian Corrected Item-Total Correlation

Correlation between child/guardian scores (r) (n = 124)

Pain and hurt

    

0.227*

Item 1

0.73

0.83

0.39

0.60

 

Item 2

0.75

0.79

0.42

0.56

 

Nausea

    

0.470**

Item 1

0.61

0.77

0.37

0.64

 

Item 2

0.62

0.64

0.46

0.49

 

Item 3

0.63

0.74

0.50

0.60

 

Item 4

0.59

0.75

0.40

0.61

 

Item 5

0.58

0.65

0.44

0.47

 

Procedural anxiety

    

0.324**

Item 1

0.78

0.74

0.63

0.57

 

Item 2

0.83

0.86

0.74

0.75

 

Item 3

0.67

0.87

0.56

0.74

 

Treatment anxiety

    

0.234**

Item 1

0.63

0.74

0.43

0.56

 

Item 2

0.74

0.88

0.58

0.79

 

Item 3

0.84

0.86

0.64

0.73

 

Worry

    

0.247**

Item 1

0.64

0.80

0.40

0.67

 

Item 2

0.77

0.87

0.55

0.74

 

Item 3

0.77

0.78

0.57

0.63

 

Cognitive problems

    

0.169*

Item 1

0.57

0.53

0.28

0.24

 

Item 2

0.58

0.67

0.29

0.44

 

Item 3

0.43

0.49

0.28

0.28

 

Item 4

0.68

0.66

0.48

0.46

 

Item 5

0.63

0.66

0.39

0.47

 

Perceived physical appearance

    

0.214*

Item 1

0.65

0.67

0.24

0.48

 

Item 2

0.70

0.77

0.36

0.56

 

Item 3

0.73

0.82

0.40

0.62

 

Communication

    

0.200*

Item 1

0.71

0.83

0.52

0.68

 

Item 2

0.83

0.88

0.67

0.76

 

Item 3

0.73

0.77

0.47

0.59

 
  1. *p < 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 – Spearman's Correlation Coefficient