title: The Serbian version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ).
abstract: We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Serbian language of the parentís version of two health related quality of life instruments. The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) is a disease specific health instrument that measures functional ability in daily living activities in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) is a generic health instrument designed to capture the physical and psychosocial well-being of children independently from the underlying disease. The Serbian CHAQ-CHQ were fully validated with 3 forward and 1 backward translations. A total of 139 subjects were enrolled: 79 patients with JIA (30% systemic onset, 28% polyarticular onset, 6% extended oligoarticular subtype, and 36% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 60 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic, polyarticular and extended oligoarticular subtypes having a higher degree of disability, pain, and a lower overall well-being when compared to their healthy peers. Also the CHQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic onset, polyarticular onset and extended oligoarticular subtypes having a lower physical and psychosocial well-being when compared to their healthy peers. In conclusion the Serbian version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, General Zdanova, 69, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. susic-sg@drenik.net
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Susic
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ruperto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stojanovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gacic
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pilipovic
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasic
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jovanovic
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minic
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vukojevic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Limic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djordjevic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milenkovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Plecas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milenkovic
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authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015022:Yugoslavia