title: The Turkish 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 Turkish language of the parent's 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 Turkish CHAQ CHQ were fully validated with 3 forward and 3 backward translations. A total of 145 subjects were enrolled: 85 patients with JIA (35% systemic onset, 41% polyarticular onset, and 24% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 60 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic, and polyarticular 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, and polyarticular onset having a lower physical and psychosocial well-being when compared to their healthy peers. In conclusion the Turkish version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.
authors.affiliation: Cerrahpasa Tip Fakültesi, Iç Hastaliklari ABD, Romatoloji BD, Kasaneler sk. 2/5 Erenköy, 81060 Istanbul, Turkey. nozdogan@superonline.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozdogan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ruperto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kasapçopur
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakkaloglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arisoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Unsal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melikoglu
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; D014421:Turkey