Reliability,validity And Sensitivity Of The Chinese Version Pediatric Quality Of Life Inventory 3.0 Cerebral Palsy Module

ObjectiveTo examines the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of Chinese version Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory(PedsQLTM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 cerebral palsy(CP) Module in pediatric CP.MethodsThe Chinese version PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales was supported by Varni,the standard procedure of cross-culture adaptation was used to develop the Chinese version PedsQLTM 3.0 Cerebral Palsy Module.The study sample was comprised of 126 parents of children with CP between the ages of 2 and 12 years.The parents completed parent proxy-report scales,and children older than 5 yaers completed child self-report scales.ResultsReliability was demonstrated for the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales (α=0.83 child, 0.87 parent) and 3.0 CP Module (α=0.91 child, 0.96 parent). The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales distinguished between healthy children and children with CP(P<0.001). Construct validity of the 3.0 CP Module was supported through an anlysis of the intercorrelations among the Generic Core Scale scores with CP Module Scale scores. The PedsQLTM was demonstrated different among children with different diagnostic categories(P<0.05). ConclusionsThe findings support the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of Chinese version PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 CP Module in pediatric CP.