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dc.contributor.authorJozefiak, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLarsson, Bo Sture
dc.contributor.authorWichstrøm, Lars
dc.contributor.authorMattejat, Fritz
dc.contributor.authorRavens-Sieberer, Ulrike
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T12:31:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-22T08:52:11Z
dc.date.available2015-09-29T12:31:20Z
dc.date.available2015-10-22T08:52:11Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1477-7525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2357634
dc.description.abstractBackground: Comprehensive evidence exists regarding the discrepancy between children's reports and parents' by proxy reports on emotional and behavioural problems. However, little is yet known about factors influencing the extent to which child self- and parent by proxy reports differ in respect of child Quality of Life (QoL). The aim of the study was to investigate the degree of discrepancy between child and parent by proxy reports as measured by two different QoL instruments. Methods: A representative Norwegian sample of 1997 school children aged 8–16 years, and their parents were studied using the Inventory of Life Quality (ILC) and the 'Kinder Lebensqualität Fragebogen' (KINDL). Child and parent reports were compared by t-test, and correlations were calculated by Pearson product moment coefficient. Psychometric aspects were examined in regard to both translated QoL instruments (internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability by intraclass correlation coefficients). Results: Parents evaluated the QoL of their children significantly more positively than did the children. Correlations between mother-child and father-child reports were significant (p < 0.01) and similar but low to moderate (r = 0.32; and r = 0.30, respectively, for the KINDL, and r = 0.30 and r = 0.26, respectively, for the ILC). Mother and father reports correlated moderately highly (r = 0.54 and r = 0.61 for the KINDL and ILC, respectively). No significant differences between correlations of mother-daughter/son and father-daughter/son pairs in regard to reported child QoL were observed on either of the two instruments. Conclusion: In the present general population sample, parents reported higher child QoL than did their children. Concordance between child and parent by proxy report was low to moderate. The level of agreement between mothers and fathers in regard to their child's QoL was moderate. No significant impact of parent and child gender in regard to agreement in ratings of child QoL was found. Both the child and parent versions of the Norwegian translations of the KINDL and ILC can be used in surveys of community populations, but in regard to the selfreport of 9–10 years old children, only the KINDL total QoL scale or the ILC are recommended.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.titleQuality of Life as reported by school children and their parents: a cross-sectional surveynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer revieweden_GB
dc.date.updated2015-09-29T12:31:20Z
dc.source.volume6nb_NO
dc.source.journalHealth and Quality of Life Outcomesnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7525-6-34
dc.identifier.cristin338251
dc.description.localcode© 2008 Jozefiak 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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