title: Short form of the Chinese version Diabetes Quality of Life for Youth Scale: a psychometric testing in Taiwanese adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the psychometric properties of the short form of the Chinese version Diabetes Quality of Life for Youth scale (C-DQOLY-SF).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-item C-DQOLY-SF was administered to 371 adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, correlation with HbA(1c), internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were used to examine the psychometric characteristics of C-DQOLY-SF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 25-item questionnaire with three correlated second-order factor structures best fitted data. Scores on the 25-item C-DQOLY-SF significantly correlated with HbA(1c) values. Cronbach's α and ICCs of each scale and subscale ranged from 0.77 to 0.90 and from 0.70 to 0.92, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The C-DQOLY-SF has satisfactory reliability and validity. The C-DQOLY-SF can be conveniently used in clinical settings to assess the quality of life of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ruey-Hsia
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fu-Sung
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Bai-Hsiun
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hsiu-Yueh
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Yann-Jinn
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin