Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Child Health and Illness Profile (CHIP) Child-Edition, Parent Report Form (CHIP-CE/PRF).
BACKGROUND
The objectives of the study were to assess the reliability, and the content, construct, and convergent validity of the Spanish version of the CHIP-CE/PRF, to analyze parent-child agreement, and compare the results with those of the original U.S. version.


METHODS
Parents from a representative sample of children aged 6-12 years were selected from 9 primary schools in Barcelona. Test-retest reliability was assessed in a convenience subsample of parents from 2 schools. Parents completed the Spanish version of the CHIP-CE/PRF. The Achenbach Child Behavioural Checklist (CBCL) was administered to a convenience subsample.


RESULTS
The overall response rate was 67% (n = 871). There was no floor effect. A ceiling effect was found in 4 subdomains. Reliability was acceptable at the domain level (internal consistency = 0.68-0.86; test-retest intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.69-0.85). Younger girls had better scores on Satisfaction and Achievement than older girls. Comfort domain score was lower (worse) in children with a probable mental health problem, with high effect size (ES = 1.45). The level of parent-child agreement was low (0.22-0.37).


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study suggest that the parent version of the Spanish CHIP-CE has acceptable psychometric properties although further research is needed to check reliability at sub-domain level. The CHIP-CE parent report form provides a comprehensive, psychometrically sound measure of health for Spanish children 6 to 12 years old. It can be a complementary perspective to the self-reported measure or an alternative when the child is unable to complete the questionnaire. In general, the results are similar to the original U.S. version.
Estrada
Maria-Dolors
MD
Agència d'Avaluació de Tecnologia i Recerca Mèdiques, Roc Boronat 81-95, Barcelona, Spain.
Rajmil
Luis
L
Serra-Sutton
Vicky
V
Tebé
Cristian
C
Alonso
Jordi
J
Herdman
Michael
M
Riley
Anne W
AW
Forrest
Christopher B
CB
Starfield
Barbara
B
D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D057566:Self Report; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*