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Table 3 Reliability of the Japanese version of the PedsQL™ Brain Tumor Module

From: Development of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Brain Tumor Module

 

Cronbach's coefficient alpha

Retest reliability (n = 28)

  

Age group

     
 

Total (n = 166)

Toddler (n = 26)

Young child (n = 31)

Child (n = 56)

Adolescent (n = 53)

Change

SD

95% CI

ICC

Child-report

          

   Cognitive Problems

0.83

-

0.73

0.80

0.85

-1.3

15.1

-7.8

5.3

0.67

   Pain and Hurt

0.50

-

0.48

0.35

0.57

-1.5

17.3

-9.0

6.0

0.45

   Movement and Balance

0.78

-

0.78

0.79

0.75

0.0

14.6

-6.3

6.3

0.77

   Procedural Anxiety

0.82

-

0.75

0.85

0.85

1.4

29.3

-11.2

14.1

0.67

   Nausea

0.84

-

0.62

0.82

0.93

2.8

18.6

-5.3

10.8

0.74

   Worry

0.75

-

0.84

0.60

0.76

-4.3

19.8

-12.9

4.2

0.70

Parent-report

          

   Cognitive Problems

0.92

-

0.89

0.90

0.93

1.3

13.6

-4.7

7.3

0.76

   Pain and Hurt

0.80

0.92

0.77

0.81

0.74

-2.9

13.3

-8.3

2.5

0.82

   Movement and Balance

0.91

0.84

0.89

0.89

0.93

1.6

11.3

-3.0

6.2

0.92

   Procedural Anxiety

0.96

0.98

0.94

0.95

0.96

-3.7

21.1

-12.4

5.1

0.82

   Nausea

0.93

0.86

0.87

0.93

0.94

-1.0

8.2

-4.3

2.4

0.95

   Worry

0.86

0.86

0.93

0.69

0.88

-0.3

16.2

-6.9

6.2

0.74

  1. CI, confidence interval; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient