title: [Is the KINDL suitable for the assessment of treatment effects of children in mother child rehabilitation centres?].
abstract: With this study the suitability of two instruments for assessing changes in the quality of life was examined. Data were collected in mother-child rehabilitation centres. The Kiddy-KINDL (n=727), a parent-based instrument for assessing health related quality of life in children (age 4 to 7 years) and the Kid-KINDL (n=716), a self-report questionnaire for children (age 8-12 years) were used at the beginning and the end of rehabilitation. In addition in a subgroup of n=420 children the Child Behavior Checklist was used in order to identify behavioral and emotional problems. The psychometric analyses revealed that both instruments were well accepted by mothers and children. The reliabilities of the sum scores as well as the convert validity were sufficient. The results of the Kid-KINDL were affected by low reliabilities and ceiling effects on subscales. Thus, in repeated measurements only changes of sum scores can be interpreted with sufficient accuracy. However, the use of the self-report questionnaires can be recommended because the known-group validity was high. Both versions of the KINDL are suitable for assessing treatment effects of preventive measures in rehabilitation clinics, considering the low reliabilities of subscales for the Kid-KINDL.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Medizinische Soziologie. Arnhold-Kerri@t-online.de
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnhold-Kerri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires