Psychometric qualities of the Dutch version of the Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP): a multi-center study.
OBJECTIVE
Diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer are continuous stressors in the lives of the entire family involved. Disease-related tools for the assessment of parental stress and adaptation are scarce. For that reason, the Pediatric Inventory for Parents (PIP), a disease-related measure, was translated into Dutch and its psychometric qualities were determined to prove its value.


METHODS
The PIP and three other measures (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, General Health Questionnaire and Parenting Stress Index, Short Form) were administered to 174 parents of 107 children diagnosed with cancer in three university medical centers in the Netherlands.


RESULTS
Internal consistency (Crohnbach's alpha=0.94 and 0.95) and test-retest reliability (Pearson's r between 0.67 and 0.87) of the Dutch PIP total scales are satisfactory. Validity was illustrated by a high correlation between PIP-scores and anxiety and general stress. Confirmatory factor analysis showed acceptable fit to the data for the original four-factor and the one-factor models; the four-factor model showed slightly better fit.


CONCLUSIONS
The PIP can be used in clinical practice to assess disease-related parental stress. Further psychometric testing is highly recommended.
Pediatric Department, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. c.m.j.vrijmoet-wiersma@lumc.nl
C M Jantien
CM
Vrijmoet-Wiersma
Josette E H M
JE
Hoekstra-Weebers
W M G
WM
Margreet de Peinder
Hendrik M
HM
Koopman
Wim J E
WJ
Tissing
Philip D A
PD
Treffers
Marc B
MB
Bierings
Nathalie C A
NC
Jansen
Martha A
MA
Grootenhuis
R Maarten
RM
Egeler
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D009426:Netherlands; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult