Ravens-Sieberer, U; Gosch, A; Rajmil, L; Erhart, M; Bruil, J; Power, M; Duer, W; Auquier, P; Cloetta, B; Czemy, L; Mazur, J; Czimbalmos, A; Tountas, Y; Hagquist, C; Kilroe, J (2007). The KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life measure for children and adolescents: psychometric results from a cross-cultural survey in 13 European countries. Quality of life research, 16(8), pp. 1347-1356. Dordrecht: Springer 10.1007/s11136-007-9240-2
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-27 health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire, a shorter version of the KIDSCREEN-52. METHODS: The five-dimensional KIDSCREEN-27 was tested in a sample of 22,827. For criterion validity the correlation with and the percentage explained variance of the scores of the KIDSCREEN-52 instrument were examined. Construct validity was assessed by testing a priori expected associations with other generic HRQoL measures (YQOL-S, PedsQL, CHIP), indicators of physical and mental health, and socioeconomic status. Age and gender differences were investigated. RESULTS: Correlation with corresponding scales of the KIDSCREEN-52 ranged from r = 0.63 to r = 0.96, and r2 ranged from 0.39 to 0.92. Correlations between other HRQoL questionnaires and KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions were moderate to high for those assessing similar constructs (r = 0.36 to 0.63). Statistically significant and sizeable differences between physically and mentally healthy and ill children were found in all KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions together with strong associations with psychosomatic complaints (r = -0.52). Most of the KIDSCREEN-27 dimensions showed a gradient according to socio-economic status, age and gender. CONCLUSIONS: The KIDSCREEN-27 seems to be a valid measure of HRQoL in children and adolescents. Further research is needed to assess longitudinal validity and sensitivity to change.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Cloetta, Bernhard |
ISSN: |
0962-9343 |
ISBN: |
17668292 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:53 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11136-007-9240-2 |
PubMed ID: |
17668292 |
Web of Science ID: |
000249630100008 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.22424 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/22424 (FactScience: 34612) |
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