TY - JOUR
T1 - The Slovak version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)
AU - Vesely, R.
AU - Ruperto, N.
AU - Vargova, V.
AU - Lescisinova, M.
AU - Mozolova, D.
AU - Koskova, E.
AU - Macejkova, E.
AU - Hyrdelova, E.
AU - Martini, A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Slovak 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 Slovak CHAQ CHQ were fully validated with 3 forward and 3 backward translations. A total of 119 subjects were enrolled: 52 patients with JIA (15% systemic onset, 37% polyarticular onset, 10% extended oligoarticular subtype, and 38% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 67 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic, polyarticular and extended oligoarticular subtypes 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 Slovak version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.
AB - We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Slovak 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 Slovak CHAQ CHQ were fully validated with 3 forward and 3 backward translations. A total of 119 subjects were enrolled: 52 patients with JIA (15% systemic onset, 37% polyarticular onset, 10% extended oligoarticular subtype, and 38% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 67 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic, polyarticular and extended oligoarticular subtypes 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 Slovak version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.
KW - Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation
KW - Health related quality of life
KW - Healthy children
KW - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
KW - Slovak Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)
KW - Slovak Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11510317
AN - SCOPUS:0035404150
VL - 19
JO - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
JF - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
SN - 0392-856X
IS - 4 SUPPL. 23
ER -