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Table 2 Characteristics of instrument reliability and validity

From: Quality of life assessment instruments in children and adolescents with neuromuscular diseases: a systematic scoping review

QoL Instruments

Number of studies

Number of items

Outcome Domains

Application mode

Scale construction

Language

Reability

Validity

PedsQL TM Inventory 3.0 Neuromuscular Module [27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36]

6

17 (2 to 4 years)

25 (8 to 18 years)

Disease

Communication

Family resources

Patient and responsible interview

3 points—Likert scale (2 to 4 years questionnaire)

5 points- Likert scale (8 to 18 years questionnaire)

Spanish [27, 33]

Italian [29]

Thai [30]

Chinese [35]

Czech [36]

Internal consistency reliability(α = 0.7) [30]

Stability reliability/ test–retest (ICC 0.69–0.82) [30]

Internal consistency reliability(α = 0.7)

(ICC 0.82–0.87) [33]

Stability reliability/ test–retest

(α = 0.7)

(ICC 0.67–0.87) [33]

Construction validity [30]

Construction validity [33]

PedsQL â„¢ Inventory 4.0 Neuromuscular Module [28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 41]

6

23

Physical

Emotional

Social

School

Patient and responsible interview

3 points—Likert scale (5 to 7 years questionnaire)

5 points- Likert scale ( 2 to 4 and 8 to 18 years questionnaire)

Italian [29]

Turkish [32]

English [28, 37, 42]

Chinese [41]

Internal reliability (α ≥ 0.7) [34]

Stability reliability (ICC 0.74–0.88) [34]

-

PedsQL™ Módulo DMD 3.0 [31]

1

18

Activities of daily living

Treatment barriers

Preoccupation

Communication

Patient and responsible interview

5 points/ Likert scale

Thai

Stability reliability/ test–retest

(ICC 0.74–0.88)

Content validity

SOLE [38]

1

33

Self-perception of race

Health status

Level and quality of physical activity

Overall performance

Social and family participation

Feelings

Interview patient and parents/

caregivers

3 points/ Likert scale

Italian

-

-

KIDSCREEN [39]

1

27

Physical activity and health

General mood and feelings

Famíly and free time

Friends

School and learning

Completion of the questionnaire (self-administered) by the patient and guardian

5 points/ Likert scale

Persian

-

-

LSI-A [40]

1

45

General welfare

Interpersonal relationship

Development

Personal satisfaction

Leisure and recreation

Patient Interview

5 points/ Likert scale

Portuguese (Brazil)

Reproductibility (ICC = 0.69–0.80) Reliability internal consistency (α = , 0.87 e 0.89)

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