Institute of Sport Pedagogy and Coaching Science, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Acta Paediatr. 2011 Jul;100(7):1043-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02193.x. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
The main aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™ 4.0) Generic Core Scales among Estonian adolescents. Gender differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were also investigated.
The 654 adolescents (309 boys and 345 girls) aged 13-14 years (M age = 13.57 years, SD = 0.62) completed Estonian version of the PedsQL™ 4.0.
Results of the confirmatory factor analysis for a five-factor model of the Estonian version of PedsQL™ 4.0 approached the criteria of acceptable fit after setting error covariance to be free between some of the items within physical health, emotional functioning and social functioning subscales. Cronbach's alpha coefficients exceeded the minimum criterion of 0.70 for all subscales except for days missed from school because of illness subscale. With regard to gender differences, consistent with previous studies, girls reported lower level on total score of HRQoL as well as its aspects of physical health, emotional functioning and psychosocial health.
The present study revealed that after some modifications, the PedsQL™ 4.0 could be considered as suitable instrument to measure HRQoL among Estonian adolescents.
本研究的主要目的是检验儿科生活质量量表 4.0（PedsQL™ 4.0）通用核心量表在爱沙尼亚青少年中的信度和效度。本研究还调查了健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）的性别差异。
654 名 13-14 岁（M 年龄=13.57 岁，SD=0.62）的青少年完成了爱沙尼亚语版 PedsQL™ 4.0。
在设定某些物理健康、情感功能和社会功能分量表内项目的误差协方差为自由后，爱沙尼亚语版 PedsQL™ 4.0 的五因素模型验证性因素分析结果接近可接受拟合标准。除因疾病缺课天数分量表外，所有分量表的克朗巴赫α系数均超过 0.70 的最低标准。关于性别差异，与以往研究一致，女孩报告的 HRQoL 总分及其身体、情感功能和心理社会健康方面的得分较低。
本研究表明，在进行一些修改后，PedsQL™ 4.0 可被视为评估爱沙尼亚青少年 HRQoL 的合适工具。
