Reliability and validity of functional health status and health-related quality of life questionnaires in children with recurrent acute otitis media

Autor: Brouwer, C.N.M., Schilder, A.G.M., van Stel, H.F., Rovers, M.M., Veenhoven, R.H., Grobbee, D.E., Sanders, E.A.M., Maille, A.R.
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Quality of Life Research, 16(8), 1357. Springer Netherlands
ISSN: 0962-9343
Popis: In this study the reliability and validity of generic and disease-specific questionnaires has been assessed focusing on responsiveness. This is part of a study on the effects of recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM) on functional health status (FHS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 383 children with rAOM participating in a randomized clinical trial. The following generic questionnaires were studied: 1. RAND general health rating index, 2. Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQ Generic and FSQ Specific), 3. TNO-AZL Infant Quality of Life (TAIQOL), and the following disease-specific questionnaires: 1. Otitis Media-6 (OM-6), 2. Numerical rating scales (NRS) for child and caregiver (NRS Child and NRS Caregiver), and 3. a new Family Functioning Questionnaire (FFQ). Reliability was good to excellent (Cronbach's alpha range 0.80-0.90, intraclass correlation coefficient range 0.76-0.93). Moderate to strong correlations were found between the questionnaires as well as between questionnaires and relevant clinical indicators (r = 0.29-0.49), demonstrating construct validity. Discriminant validity for children with few versus frequent episodes of acute otitis media per year was good for most questionnaires (P
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