title: Reliability and validity of the PedsQL™ Generic Core Scales 4.0 for Chinese children with epilepsy.
abstract: This investigation examines the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales for prognostic measures of pediatric epilepsy. The study comprised 163 parents whose children, between the ages of 2 and 18 years, were diagnosed with epilepsy. The parents were given a questionnaire to be completed on behalf of the child. Reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha analysis. Validity was assessed by the exploratory factor analysis and intercorrelation analysis between the four subscales as well as Student's t-test. The internal consistency reliability for Total Scale Score was 0.94 by Cronbach's alpha test. Four major factors were extracted by factor analysis. The scores from all sub-scales derived from healthy children were significantly higher than children with epilepsy (P<0.001). The reliability and validity of the parent proxy-report scales from the Chinese version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales effectively matched the original version and could be used to evaluate the health-related quality of life of children with epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, No. 136 Zhongshan ErRoad, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Shuqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Nong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires