Validation of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer Module

Tsuji, Naoko; Kakee, Naoko; Ishida, Yasushi; Asami, Keiko; Tabuchi, Ken; Nakadate, Hisaya; Iwai, Tsuyako; Maeda, Miho; Okamura, Jun; Kazama, Takuro; Terao, Yoko; Ohyama, Wataru; Yuza, Yuki; Kaneko, Takashi; Manabe, Atsushi; Kobayashi, Kyoko; Kamibeppu, Kiyoko; Matsushima, Eisuke

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-22

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 8 Multitrait scaling analysis of the PedsQL Cancer Module

From: Validation of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer Module

		Childen			Parents
Subscale	Convergent validity	Discriminant validity	Success rate	Convergent validity	Discriminant validity	Success rate
Total	0.46-0.83	0.02-0.61	99.5%	0.51-0.92	0.03-0.62	100%
Pain and hurt	0.56	0.06-0.44	100%	0.80	0.06-0.47	100%
Nausea	0.56-0.80	0.14-0.48	100%	0.66-0.92	0.18-0.62	100%
Procedural anxiety	0.72-0.83	0.02-0.35	100%	0.80-0.89	0.03-0.51	100%
Treatment anxiety	0.69-0.75	0.08-0.39	100%	0.79-0.81	0.11-0.52	100%
Worry	0.62-0.67	0.12-0.61	100%	0.70-0.83	0.15-0.60	100%
Cognitive problems	0.46-0.67	0.04-0.47	98.0%	0.62-0.77	0.03-0.45	100%
Perceived physical appearance	0.48-0.68	0.09-0.42	100%	0.66-0.80	0.16-0.45	100%
Communication	0.46-0.68	0.14-0.44	100%	0.51-0.79	0.19-0.42	100%
2-4 years
Total				0.28-0.94	0.01-0.81	99.0%
Pain and hurt				0.77	-0.01-0.60	100%
Nausea				0.57-0.94	0.14-0.62	98.0%
Procedural anxiety				0.64-0.90	-0.01-0.81	96.0%
Treatment anxiety		NA		0.84-0.86	0.01-0.80	100%
Worry				0.78-0.94	0.02-0.54	100%
Cognitive problems				0.70-0.91	0.13-0.55	100%
Perceived physical appearance				0.54-0.62	0.19-0.56	100%
Communication				0.28-0.72	0.01-0.61	96.0%
5-7 years
Total	0.31-0.88	0.00-0.49	99.0%	0.57-0.91	0.00-0.56	100%
Pain and hurt	0.39	0.00-0.35	100%	0.59	0.00-0.38	100%
Nausea	0.50-0.71	0.00-0.38	100%	0.68-0.91	0.02-0.56	100%
Procedural anxiety	0.67-0.88	0.03-0.41	100%	0.78-0.88	-0.01-0.41	100%
Treatment anxiety	0.66-0.70	0.01-0.46	100%	0.71-0.77	0.08-0.45	100%
Worry	0.46-0.65	-0.02-0.43	100%	0.60-0.71	0.00-0.52	100%
Cognitive problems	0.39-0.54	0.01-0.49	97.0%	0.63-0.83	0.00-0.42	100%
Perceived physical appearance	0.31-0.56	0.03-0.44	96.0%	0.63-0.81	0.08-0.43	100%
Communication	0.31-0.54	0.02-0.40	96.0%	0.57-0.79	0.00-0.43	100%
8-12 years
Total	0.47-0.97	0.00-0.90	100%	0.43-0.87	0.01-0.78	98.0%
Pain and hurt	0.66	0.12-0.54	100%	0.88	0.07-0.57	100%
Nausea	0.79-0.99	0.11-0.65	100%	0.77-0.93	0.05-0.78	98.0%
Procedural anxiety	0.97-0.98	0.11-0.90	100%	0.87-0.96	-0.02-0.35	100%
Treatment anxiety	0.97-0.98	0.12-0.41	100%	0.69-0.73	0.13-0.52	100%
Worry	0.95-0.97	0.26-0.55	100%	0.64-0.88	-0.02-0.77	96.0%
Cognitive problems	0.94-0.98	0.00-0.44	100%	0.51-0.77	0.01-0.77	98.0%
Perceived physical appearance	0.93-0.96	0.11-0.45	100%	0.52-0.80	0.08-0.43	100%
Communication	0.47-0.65	0.15-0.46	100%	0.43-0.79	0.11-0.45	96.0%
13-18 years
Total	0.51-0.91	0.08-0.64	98.0%	0.48-0.92	0.13-0.56	100%
Pain and hurt	0.71	0.15-0.46	100%	0.81	0.26-0.50	100%
Nausea	0.62-0.86	0.08-0.58	100%	0.48-0.92	0.16-0.55	98.0%
Procedural anxiety	0.51-0.75	0.10-0.42	100%	0.78-0.87	0.17-0.50	100%
Treatment anxiety	0.86-0.91	0.13-0.51	100%	0.81-0.91	0.24-0.56	100%
Worry	0.67-0.83	0.19-0.54	100%	0.71-0.87	0.22-0.53	100%
Cognitive problems	0.54-0.69	0.06-0.57	95.0%	0.65-0.81	0.14-0.53	100%
Perceived physical appearance	0.52-0.72	0.24-0.64	96.0%	0.73-0.76	0.25-0.48	100%
Communication	0.56-0.79	0.19-0.58	96.0%	0.59-0.81	0.13-0.51	100%

Convergent and discriminant validity is calculated by Pearson correlation coefficient, NA: not applicable

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