Test-retest reliability of the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaires (FAQLQ) for children, adolescents and adults.
Qual Life Res
; 18(2): 245-51, 2009 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The self-administered Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Child Form (FAQLQ-CF), -Teenager Form (FAQLQ-TF) and -Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) were recently developed within EuroPrevall, a multi-centred study of food allergy in Europe. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the FAQLQ-CF, -TF and -AF.METHODS:
One hundred and one Dutch patients (31 children, 34 adolescents and 36 adults) completed the FAQLQ twice with a 10-14 day interval. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Lin's concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) and Bland-Altman plots were used to assess test-retest reliability.RESULTS:
Test-retest reliability was excellent with ICCs and CCCs above 0.907, 0.975 and 0.951 for the FAQLQ-CF, -TF and -AF, respectively. Bland-Altman plots showed that the mean differences of the test and re-test were all close to zero for the FAQLQs.CONCLUSIONS:
The FAQLQs are reliable over a short time interval. The FAQLQs are not only excellent tools for group comparison studies, but also for monitoring individual patients.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Inquéritos e Questionários
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Hipersensibilidade Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Life Res
Assunto da revista:
REABILITACAO
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda