Moroldo M B, Ruperto N, Espada G, Russo R, Liberatore D, Cuttica R, Giacomone D, Garay S, De Inocencio J, De Cunto C
Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2001 Jul-Aug;19(4 Suppl 23):S10-4.
We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Argentinian language of the parent's version of two health related quality of life instruments. The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) is a disease specific health instrument that measures functional ability in daily living activities in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) is a generic health instrument designed to capture the physical and psychosocial well-being of children independently from the underlying disease. The Argentinian CHAQ was already published and therefore it was revalidated while the Argentinian CHQ was derived from the European Spanish version by changing few words which use is different in the 2 countries. A total of 124 subjects were enrolled: 61 patients with JIA (29% systemic onset, 38% polyarticular onset, 7% extended oligoarticular subtype, and 26% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 63 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic onset, and polyarticular having a higher degree of disability, pain, and a lower overall well-being when compared to their healthy peers. Also the CHQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic onset, polyarticular onset and extended oligoarticular subtypes having a lower physical and psychosocial well-being when compared to their healthy peers. In conclusion the Argentinian version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.
我们在此报告两种与健康相关的生活质量工具家长版跨文化改编并验证为阿根廷语的结果。儿童健康评估问卷（CHAQ）是一种针对特定疾病的健康工具，用于测量幼年特发性关节炎（JIA）患儿的日常生活活动功能能力。儿童健康问卷（CHQ）是一种通用健康工具，旨在独立于潜在疾病来获取儿童的身体和心理社会健康状况。阿根廷版的CHAQ已发表，因此进行了重新验证，而阿根廷版的CHQ是从欧洲西班牙语版本衍生而来，只是更改了两国使用不同的几个词汇。总共招募了124名受试者：61名JIA患者（29%为全身型发病，38%为多关节型发病，7%为扩展性少关节型亚型，26%为持续性少关节型亚型）和63名健康儿童。CHAQ在临床上能够区分健康受试者和JIA患者，全身型发病和多关节型发病的患者与健康同龄人相比，残疾程度更高、疼痛更严重，总体幸福感更低。CHQ在临床上也能区分健康受试者和JIA患者，全身型发病、多关节型发病和扩展性少关节型亚型的患者与健康同龄人相比，身体和心理社会幸福感更低。总之，阿根廷版的CHAQ-CHQ是评估JIA患儿功能、身体和心理社会状况的可靠且有效的工具。
