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Fatigue in children: reliability and validity of the Dutch PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale.
Gordijn, M Suzanne; Suzanne Gordijn, M; Cremers, Eline M P; Kaspers, Gertjan J L; Gemke, Reinoud J B J.
Afiliação
  • Gordijn M; Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, PK 4X 033, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ms.gordijn@vumc.nl
Qual Life Res ; 20(7): 1103-8, 2011 Sep.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21246290
PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to report on the feasibility, reliability, validity, and the norm-references of the Dutch version of the PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale. METHODS: The study participants are four hundred and ninety-seven parents of children aged 2-18 years and 366 children aged 5-18 years from various day care facilities, elementary schools, and a high school who completed the Dutch version of the PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale. RESULTS: The number of missing items was minimal. All scales showed satisfactory internal consistency reliability, with Cronbach's coefficient alpha exceeding 0.70. Test-retest reliability was good to excellent (ICCs 0.68-0.84) and inter-observer reliability varied from moderate to excellent (ICCs 0.56-0.93) for total scores. Parent/child concordance for total scores was poor to good (ICCs 0.25-0.68). The PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale was able to distinguish between healthy children and children with an impaired health condition. CONCLUSIONS: The Dutch version of the PedsQL™ Multidimensional Fatigue Scale demonstrates an adequate feasibility, reliability, and validity in another sociocultural context. With the obtained norm-references, it can be utilized as a tool in the evaluation of fatigue in healthy and chronically ill children aged 2-18 years.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Inquéritos e Questionários / Fadiga Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Qual Life Res Assunto da revista: REABILITACAO / TERAPEUTICA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Inquéritos e Questionários / Fadiga Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Qual Life Res Assunto da revista: REABILITACAO / TERAPEUTICA Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda