title: Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese language version of the TAPQOL: a health-related quality of life instrument for preschool children.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to assess psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the TZO-AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) questionnaire in Taiwanese preschool children. Two groups of children, a very low birthweight group (n=118) and a not-very low birthweight group (n=170), were recruited. The internal consistency was acceptable and the correlation coefficients between the 12 subscales were low. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the 12-factor structure. Children with very low birthweight had significantly lower quality of life scores. This instrument may be used in clinical and research applications to investigate quality of life among preschool children.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Pei-Tou, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Li-Yin
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Yi-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Yi-Hung
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Chen-Jei
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Yiing-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liou
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan; D014175:Translating