Assessment of reliability and validity of the Malay version PedsQL 3.0 cardiac module
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Date
2016
Authors
Zain, Farohah Che Mat
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To produce a reliable and validated Malay version of the PedsQLTM 3.0 Cardiac
Module.
METHODS
This is a cross sectional study involving children with congenital heart disease
between 5-17 years old and parent of children with congenital heart disease aged 2-
18 years old. A total of 528 participants were enrolled into this study when they
presented to the pediatric cardiology clinic and echocardiography clinic at Hospital
Raja Perempuan Zainab II and Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. The methods used
including forward and backward translation, face and content validation of Malay
version of the PedsQLTM 3.0 Cardiac Module questionnaires.
RESULT
Most of 27 items in PedsQLTM 3.0 Cardiac Module questionnaires showed
satisfactory internal consistency with Cronbach Alpha exceeding 0.7 and good
correlation with intraclass correlation coefficient 0.76-0.98. There were no missing
data.
CONCLUSION
The result generally supports reliability and validity of Malay version PedsQLTM
3.0 Cardiac Module in assessing HRQOL among children with heart disease.
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Keywords
Heart defects , Congenital