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dc.contributor.authorReinfjell, Trude
dc.contributor.authorDiseth, Trond H.
dc.contributor.authorVeenstra, Marijke
dc.contributor.authorVikan, Arne
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T12:27:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-20T11:26:45Z
dc.date.available2015-09-29T12:27:28Z
dc.date.available2015-10-20T11:26:45Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:61nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1477-7525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2357208
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) studies concerning children and adolescents are a growing field of research. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) is considered as a promising HRQOL instrument with the availability of age appropriate versions and parallel forms for both child and parents. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Norwegian translation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) 4.0 generic core scale in a sample of healthy young adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 425 healthy young adolescents and 237 of their caregivers participating as a proxy. Reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity was assessed using exploratory factor analysis and by exploring the intercorrelations between and among the four PedsQL subscales for adolescents and their parents. Results: All the self-report scales and proxy-report scales showed satisfactory reliability with Cronbach's alpha varying between 0.77 and 0.88. Factor analysis showed results comparable with the original version, except for the Physical Health scale. On average, monotrait-multimethod correlations were higher than multitrait-multimethod correlations. Sex differences were noted on the emotional functioning subscale, girls reported lower HRQOL than boys. Conclusion: The Norwegian PedsQL is a valid and reliable generic pediatric health-related Quality of Life measurement that can be recommended for self-reports and proxy-reports for children in the age groups ranging from 13–15 years.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.titleMeasuring health-related quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scalesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer revieweden_GB
dc.date.updated2015-09-29T12:27:28Z
dc.source.volume4nb_NO
dc.source.journalHealth and Quality of Life Outcomesnb_NO
dc.source.issue61nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7525-4-61
dc.identifier.cristin377033
dc.description.localcode© 2006 Reinfjell et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.nb_NO


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