reliability and validity of the kidscreen-52 health-related quality of life questionnaire in a greek adolescent population信度和效度kidscreen-52健康相关的生活质量问卷的希腊青少年人口.pdfVIP

Tzavara et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2012, 11:3 /content/11/1/3 PRIMARY RESEARCH Open Access Reliability and validity of the KIDSCREEN-52 health-related quality of life questionnaire in a Greek adolescent population 1* 2 3 4 1 Chara Tzavara , Anastasia Tzonou , Ioannis Zervas , Ulricke Ravens-Sieberer , Christine Dimitrakaki and Yannis Tountas1 Abstract Background: The KIDSCREEN-52 is a worldwide instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to assess reliability and validity of the Greek version of KIDSCREEN. Methods: Questionnaires were collected from a representative nationwide sample of 1,194 adolescents aged from 11 to 17 years. Internal consistency reliability was determined by calculation of the Cronbach a coefficient. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted in order to test the construct validity of the questionnaire. Validity was further examined by investigating the correlation of KIDSCREEN with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and its association with socioeconomic and health-related factors. Results: Internal consistency reliability was accepted with a Cronbach a above 0.73 for all KIDSCREEN dimensions. CFA showed that the ten-dimensional model fitted the data well (root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.048, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.971 and goodness of fit index (GFI) = 0.965). Correlation coefficients between KIDSCREEN and SDQ dimensions were significant. Adolescents of low socioeconomic status reported lower scores in the majority of KIDSCREEN dimensions. Also, adolescents with chronic health problem had poorer quality of life concerning ph