title: Psychometric properties evaluation of the childhood health assessment questionnaire (CHAQ) in Moroccan juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
abstract: The objective of this study is to develop and validate a Moroccan version of the childhood health assessment questionnaire (CHAQ), a disability measure for children suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The CHAQ has been validated in a cross-sectional study in 60 JIA, classified into systemic (33%), polyarticular (38%), extended oligoarticular (6.4%), and persistent oligoarticular (21.6%) subtypes. The CHAQ was tested for reliability and construct validity by correlating the yield of the questionnaire with other disease activity parameters. Disability index was significantly different among the four JIA subtypes. CHAQ proved to be valid in clinically discriminating between healthy subjects and patients with different patterns of JIA. The convergent validity was demonstrated by strong correlations of the disability score with the JIA score set of variables. In conclusion, the Moroccan version of the CHAQ has good psychometric properties. This validated version of the Moroccan CHAQ should help to individual follow-up of children suffering from JIA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, El Ayachi Hospital, University Hospital of Rabat-Sale, 11000, Salé, Morocco. rostomsamira2003@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rostom
authors.forename: Bouchra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amine
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bensabbah
authors.forename: Bouchra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chkirat
authors.forename: Redouan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abouqal
authors.forename: Najia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hajjaj-Hassouni
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires