van der Velde Jantina L, Flokstra-de Blok Bertine M J, Vlieg-Boerstra Berber J, Oude Elberink Joanne N G, Schouten Jan P, Dunngalvin Audrey, Hourihane Jonathan O'B, Duiverman Eric J, Dubois Anthony E J
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, The Netherlands.
Qual Life Res. 2009 Mar;18(2):245-51. doi: 10.1007/s11136-008-9434-2. Epub 2009 Jan 14.
The self-administered Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Child Form (FAQLQ-CF), -Teenager Form (FAQLQ-TF) and -Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) were recently developed within EuroPrevall, a multi-centred study of food allergy in Europe. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the FAQLQ-CF, -TF and -AF.
One hundred and one Dutch patients (31 children, 34 adolescents and 36 adults) completed the FAQLQ twice with a 10-14 day interval. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Lin's concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) and Bland-Altman plots were used to assess test-retest reliability.
Test-retest reliability was excellent with ICCs and CCCs above 0.907, 0.975 and 0.951 for the FAQLQ-CF, -TF and -AF, respectively. Bland-Altman plots showed that the mean differences of the test and re-test were all close to zero for the FAQLQs.
The FAQLQs are reliable over a short time interval. The FAQLQs are not only excellent tools for group comparison studies, but also for monitoring individual patients.
自我管理的食物过敏生活质量问卷儿童版(FAQLQ-CF)、青少年版(FAQLQ-TF)和成人版(FAQLQ-AF)是近期在欧洲食物过敏多中心研究EuroPrevall中开发的。本研究的主要目的是评估FAQLQ-CF、-TF和-AF的重测信度。
101名荷兰患者(31名儿童、34名青少年和36名成人)间隔10 - 14天完成两次FAQLQ问卷。组内相关系数(ICC)、林氏一致性相关系数(CCC)和布兰德-奥特曼图用于评估重测信度。
重测信度极佳,FAQLQ-CF、-TF和-AF的ICC和CCC分别高于0.907、0.975和0.951。布兰德-奥特曼图显示,FAQLQ问卷的测试和重测平均差异均接近零。
FAQLQ在短时间间隔内是可靠的。FAQLQ不仅是群体比较研究的优秀工具,也是监测个体患者的优秀工具。