Psychometric validation of the French self and proxy versions of the PedsQL™ 4.0 generic health-related quality of life questionnaire for 8–12 year-old children

Amedro, Pascal; Huguet, Helena; Macioce, Valerie; Dorka, Raphael; Auer, Annie; Guillaumont, Sophie; Auquier, Pascal; Abassi, Hamouda; Picot, Marie-Christine

doi:10.1186/s12955-021-01714-y

Table 3 Two-factor loadings exploratory factor analysis

From: Psychometric validation of the French self and proxy versions of the PedsQL™ 4.0 generic health-related quality of life questionnaire for 8–12 year-old children

Item description	Item keyword	Self-reports		Proxy-reports
Item description	Item keyword	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 1	Factor 2
Variance explained		3.84	3.28	2.30	4.15
Physical dimension
1 Walking more than one block	Walking	*0.81*	− 0.06	*0.99*	− 0.09
2 Running	Running	*0.95*	− 0.15	*0.79*	0.15
3 Participating in sports activity or exercise	Sports	*0.88*	− 0.09	*0.84*	0.10
4 Lifting something heavy	Lifting	*0.61*	0.15	*0.74*	0.10
5 Taking a bath or shower by him/herself	Bath	*0.67*	0.04	*1.01*	− 0.26
6 Doing chores around the house	Chores	*0.27*	0.22	*0.70*	− 0.07
7 Having pain	Aches	0.26	*0.37*	0.20	*0.46*
8 Lack of energy	Energy	*0.55*	0.20	0.21	*0.55*
Emotion dimension
9 Being afraid	Afraid	0.20	*0.47*	− 0.05	*0.72*
10 Feeling sad or blue	Sad	0.25	*0.50*	0.02	*0.80*
11 Feeling angry	Angry	− 0.10	*0.73*	− 0.11	*0.74*
12 Trouble sleeping	Sleeping	− 0.06	*0.54*	− 0.03	*0.72*
13 Worrying about what will happen next	Future	0.37	*0.43*	− 0.14	*0.82*
Social dimension
14 Getting along with other children	Getting along with kids	0.12	*0.74*	*0.60*	0.12
15 Other kids refusing to be friends	No friends	− 0.04	*0.76*	0.07	*0.55*
16 Getting teased by other children	Teased	− 0.09	*0.82*	0.00	*0.66*
17 Not able to do things that other children his or her age can do	Doing things	*0.71*	− 0.03	0.30	*0.54*
18 Keeping up when playing with other children	Playing	*0.78*	0.12	*0.84*	0.06
School dimension
19 Paying attention in class	Attention	0.01	*0.61*	*0.55*	0.06
20 Forgetting things	Forgetting	0.00	*0.73*	− 0.02	*0.57*
21 Keeping up with schoolwork	Schoolwork	0.25	*0.51*	*0.66*	0.06
22 Missing school because not feeling well	Not feeling well	*0.58*	− 0.02	*0.36*	0.34
23 Missing school to go see the doctor	Doctor	*0.45*	0.10	0.14	*0.43*

Values marked in italic represent items participating to each factor; values marked in bold represent highest factor loadings for each item.

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