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Table 4 Factorial validity 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

 

Child-report

Parent-report

 

(n = 137, 64% of the cumulative variance)

(n = 166, 78% of the cumulative variance)

Cognitive Problems

            

   It is hard for me to figure out what to do when something bothers me

0.01

0.45

-0.06

0.15

0.06

0.15

0.60

-0.13

0.11

0.18

-0.01

0.08

   I have trouble solving math problems

-0.01

0.54

0.25

-0.05

-0.05

-0.21

0.75

0.02

0.06

-0.05

-0.03

0.05

   I have trouble writing school papers or reports

0.05

0.82

-0.02

0.06

-0.02

-0.25

0.79

-0.01

0.01

0.08

0.06

-0.13

   It is hard for me to pay attention to things

-0.08

0.63

-0.07

-0.17

0.14

0.31

0.81

0.11

-0.09

-0.11

0.03

0.00

   It is hard for me to remember what I read

0.04

0.68

-0.04

-0.09

0.13

0.18

0.88

0.04

-0.02

-0.03

-0.02

-0.04

   It is hard for me to learn new things

-0.01

0.65

0.10

0.14

-0.21

-0.01

0.85

0.04

-0.09

0.01

-0.06

-0.01

   I get mixed up easily

0.03

0.40

-0.07

0.27

-0.06

0.13

0.67

-0.11

0.09

0.03

0.07

0.11

Pain and Hurt

            

   I ache or hurt in my joints and/or muscles

-0.10

-0.06

-0.02

0.15

-0.05

0.77

-0.03

-0.05

0.01

0.05

0.06

0.82

   I hurt a lot

0.23

0.16

0.11

-0.03

-0.11

0.39

-0.01

-0.01

0.04

-0.02

-0.03

0.94

   I get headaches

-0.04

0.03

-0.08

-0.13

0.05

0.38

0.05

0.14

-0.12

-0.04

-0.03

0.55

Movement and Balance

            

   It is hard for me to keep my balance

-0.01

0.06

-0.05

0.52

0.20

-0.13

0.01

-0.03

0.08

0.81

0.11

-0.04

   It is hard for me to use my legs

0.01

-0.05

0.10

0.85

-0.08

0.06

-0.01

0.01

-0.05

1.00

-0.06

0.01

   It is hard for me to use my hands

0.00

0.05

-0.09

0.87

0.11

-0.05

0.03

0.06

-0.06

0.83

-0.05

0.01

Procedural Anxiety

            

   Needle sticks (i.e. injections, blood tests, IVs) hurt me

0.02

0.01

0.72

-0.14

0.11

-0.03

-0.04

0.01

0.89

0.04

0.02

0.03

   I get scared when I have to have blood tests

-0.11

0.00

0.74

0.12

0.13

-0.13

0.02

0.04

0.95

-0.04

0.00

-0.06

   I get scared about having needle sticks (i.e. injections, blood tests, IVs)

-0.03

0.10

0.89

-0.04

-0.06

0.05

0.01

0.01

0.98

-0.03

-0.04

-0.01

Nausea

            

   I become sick to my stomach when I have medical treatments

0.46

-0.16

0.16

-0.02

0.00

0.34

-0.02

0.88

0.05

-0.05

-0.05

0.04

   Food does not taste very good to me

0.79

0.10

-0.04

-0.02

0.01

-0.02

-0.01

0.83

0.04

0.10

-0.15

0.02

   I become sick to my stomach when I think about medical treatments

0.61

-0.06

0.01

-0.01

0.11

0.20

0.08

0.80

0.06

-0.04

-0.01

0.00

   I feel too sick to my stomach to eat

0.80

0.06

-0.14

-0.02

0.22

-0.14

-0.01

0.88

-0.04

-0.01

0.05

0.04

   Some foods and smells make me sick to my stomach

0.96

-0.03

0.00

0.04

-0.26

-0.16

0.01

0.86

-0.04

0.04

0.10

-0.04

Worry

            

   I worry about side effects from medical treatments

0.30

-0.06

0.25

0.06

0.33

-0.04

-0.05

0.25

0.02

0.02

0.72

0.04

   I worry about whether or not my medical treatments are working

0.00

-0.01

0.13

0.10

0.65

0.08

-0.07

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.92

-0.03

   I worry that my cancer will come back or relapse

-0.02

0.00

0.06

0.06

0.79

-0.05

0.12

-0.16

-0.06

-0.08

0.81

0.01

  1. Factor patterns from a principal factor method with promax rotation. Factor loadings of more than 0.30 are bolded.