TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatigue in children
T2 - Reliability and validity of the Dutch PedsQL TM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale
AU - Suzanne Gordijn, M.
AU - Cremers, Eline M.P.
AU - Kaspers, Gertjan J.L.
AU - Gemke, Reinoud J.B.J.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - 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 TM 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 PedsQLTM 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 PedsQLTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale was able to distinguish between healthy children and children with an impaired health condition. Conclusions: The Dutch version of the PedsQLTM 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.
AB - 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 TM 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 PedsQLTM 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 PedsQLTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale was able to distinguish between healthy children and children with an impaired health condition. Conclusions: The Dutch version of the PedsQLTM 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.
KW - Fatigue
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Pediatrics
KW - Validation study
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-010-9836-9
DO - 10.1007/s11136-010-9836-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 21246290
AN - SCOPUS:80052318835
SN - 0962-9343
VL - 20
SP - 1103
EP - 1108
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
IS - 7
ER -