title: Assessing validity of the adapted Arabic Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire among Egyptian children with asthma.
abstract: The recent focus in asthma management is rendering children a better quality of life (QOL). Validity and reliability of an adapted Arabic translation of the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ-A) among Egyptians was assessed in a cohort of 103 asthmatic children aged 8-16 years. Discriminative validity of mean scores was significantly higher among mild asthmatics than those with moderate/severe asthma. Construct validity of domains was significantly negatively correlated with clinical severity score. Reliability and internal consistency were assessed using Cronbach alpha coefficient (alpha = 0.84). Reproducibility and responsiveness were high among both stable and unstable asthma patients. PAQLQ-A is valid and reliable for assessing QOL among Egyptian asthmatic children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. rehababdelhai@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdel Hai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdel Fattah
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018912:Arabs / Q000208:ethnology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004534:Egypt; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations