Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S. A. S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India.
Pediatric Neurology Unit, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Advanced Pediatric Center, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Feb;90(2):124-130. doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04132-0. Epub 2022 Jul 27.
To translate Quality of Life of the Infant (QUALIN), cross-culturally adapt the Hindi version of QUALIN (Hi-QUALIN), and evaluate its psychometric properties in children.
This cross-sectional study was performed at the tertiary-care center in North India over 21 mo (April 2019 to January 2021). Healthy children (aged 3 to 36 mo) visiting the hospital for vaccination, minor ailments, routine health checkup, and accompanying an ill sibling were included. Children with infantile spasms in same age group were also included. Hindi translations were carried out by bilingual translators who could fluently communicate and write in Hindi and English. Standard Hindi was used to avoid the misinterpretation or misunderstanding. Discriminant and Construct validity was determined utilizing the known-groups method and factor analysis. Reliability was analysed as internal consistency and test-retest reliability.
Four hundred and sixty-four children were recruited through opportunity sample selection method with statistically significant difference between healthy and unhealthy children in total score of Hi-QUALIN (3-12 mo) and (13-36 mo). Finally, Hi-QUALIN (3-12 mo and 13-36 mo) consisted of 29 and 30 items constituting the five extracted factors respectively. Overall internal consistency was excellent (α = 0.92 and 0.88, respectively). Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were 0.84 (95% CI: 0.78-0.89; p <0.0001) and 0.94 (95% CI: 0.93-0.96; p <0.0001) indicating excellent test-retest reliability.
Hi-QUALIN has good psychometric properties and can be used for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement in young children.
跨文化翻译婴儿生活质量量表（QUALIN），对 QUALIN 的印地语版本（Hi-QUALIN）进行文化调适，并评估其在儿童中的心理测量特性。
本横断面研究在印度北部的三级保健中心进行，历时 21 个月（2019 年 4 月至 2021 年 1 月）。纳入了前来医院接种疫苗、看小病、常规健康检查以及陪伴生病兄弟姐妹的健康儿童（3 至 36 月龄）。年龄组内患有婴儿痉挛的儿童也包括在内。双语翻译员进行了印地语翻译，他们能够流利地用印地语和英语交流和写作。使用标准印地语以避免误解或误解。采用已知群体法和因子分析法确定判别和结构效度。采用内部一致性和重测信度分析信度。
采用机会样本选择法招募了 464 名儿童，健康儿童和不健康儿童在 Hi-QUALIN（3-12 月龄和 13-36 月龄）的总分上存在统计学差异。最后，Hi-QUALIN（3-12 月龄和 13-36 月龄）由 29 项和 30 项分别构成五个提取因子的项目组成。总体内部一致性极好（分别为α=0.92 和 0.88）。组内相关系数（ICC）分别为 0.84（95%置信区间：0.78-0.89；p<0.0001）和 0.94（95%置信区间：0.93-0.96；p<0.0001），表明重测信度极好。
Hi-QUALIN 具有良好的心理测量特性，可用于测量幼儿的健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）。
