Validity and reliability of chinese version quality of life questionnaire for teenagers epilepsy patients

VernacularTitle:中文版青少年癫痫患者生活质量问卷效度及信度检验
Author: Hongliang DENG ; Xiaodong YUAN ; Jian SHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Teenagers; Epilepsy; Quality of life questionnaire; Validity; Reliability
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(2):181-183
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo evaluate validity,reliability and sensitivity of Chinese version quality of life in epilepsy inventory for adolescents (QOLIE-AD-48).Methods 143 cases of young epilepsy patients were tested with QOLIE-AD-48 and analyze validity,reliability and sensitivity of the scale.ResultsPolymerization/discriminant validity showed that there was correlation above 0.4 about each question within the subscale and its component table.Structural validity showed that all of the component list was significantly associated with total score (P ＜ 0.01 ).The cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.92,and 0.62 ～ 0.90 of the subscale,and ICC was 0.81.Good sensitivity was the total score decline with the increase of seriousness.ConclusionChinese version QOLIEAD-48 has good validity and reliability and sensitivity.