Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module

Ji, Yi; Chen, Siyuan; Li, Kai; Xiao, Nong; Yang, Xue; Zheng, Shan; Xiao, Xianmin

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-103

Table 4 Reliability of the Chinese mandarin version of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module: self- and proxy-reports

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module

Scale	Internal consistency reliability										Retest reliability
	2-4 years		5-7 years		8-12 years		13-18 years		Total
	n	α	n	α	n	α	n	α	n	α	ICC
Generic Scale
Total score	NA		77	0.82	69	0.85	56	0.89	202	0.86	0.81
	64	0.87	77	0.90	69	0.92	56	0.91	266	0.91	0.83
Physical functioning	NA		77	0.65	69	0.83	56	0.82	202	0.81	0.90
	64	0.84	77	0.88	69	0.85	56	0.86	266	0.84	0.89
Psychosocial functioning	NA		77	0.72	69	0.84	56	0.81	202	0.82	0.79
	64	0.85	77	0.87	69	0.88	56	0.87	266	0.86	0.78
Emotional functioning	NA		77	0.68	69	0.78	56	0.76	202	0.73	0.74
	64	0.72	77	0.73	69	0.76	56	0.80	266	0.79	0.77
Social functioning	NA		77	0.56	69	0.68	56	0.79	202	0.71	0.71
	64	0.76	77	0.82	69	0.79	56	0.83	266	0.80	0.75
School functioning	NA		49	0.47	64	0.66	55	0.69	165	0.65	0.78
	27	0.68	49	0.75	64	0.72	55	0.71	195	0.72	0.84
Cancer scale
Total scale	NA		77	0.70	69	0.79	56	0.81	202	0.77	0.76
	64	0.83	77	0.85	69	0.87	56	0.88	266	0.87	0.84
Pain and hurt	NA		77	0.66	69	0.70	56	0.72	202	0.69	0.61
	64	0.80	77	0.83	69	0.87	56	0.90	266	0.88	0.75
Nausea	NA		77	0.78	69	0.80	56	0.85	202	0.81	0.63
	64	0.83	77	0.83	69	0.88	56	0.86	266	0.85	0.79
Procedural anxiety	NA		77	0.74	69	0.82	56	0.84	202	0.76	0.77
	64	0.85	77	0.86	69	0.89	56	0.88	266	0.89	0.73
Treatment anxiety	NA		77	0.75	59	0.81	56	0.83	202	0.78	0.75
	64	0.88	77	0.87	59	0.87	56	0.89	266	0.88	0.61
Worry	NA		76	0.55	59	0.76	56	0.81	201	0.75	0.82
	61	0.90	76	0.86	59	0.85	56	0.88	262	0.87	0.79
Cognitive problems	NA		75	0.50	59	0.70	56	0.74	200	0.74	0.68
	59	0.71	76	0.79	59	0.78	56	0.87	260	0.80	0.80
Perceived physical appearance	NA		77	0.54	59	0.65	56	0.71	201	0.61	0.74
	60	0.62	76	0.71	59	0.74	56	0.80	261	0.75	0.80
Communication	NA		76	0.62	59	0.70	56	0.73	202	0.69	0.72
	60	0.87	77	0.82	59	0.84	56	0.81	262	0.84	0.70

Reliability of parent proxy-report is set in boldface.
NA: not applicable; α: Cronbach's coefficient alpha; ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient.

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