The Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life for Children (CP QOL-Child) is the first health condition-specific questionnaire designed for measuring QOL in children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, its construct validity has not yet been confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Hence, this study assessed the construct validity of the caregiver proxy-report version of the Chinese version of the CP QOL-Child in children with CP using CFA. A total of 312 children with CP (mean age: 8.59 years, SD: 2.52 years) and their caregivers participated in this study. The Chinese version of the CP QOL-Child was completed by the caregivers of children with CP. Then, CFA was applied to evaluate the seven-factor measurement structure of the CP QOL-Child. The seven-factor CFA model had an adequate fit to our data as judged by χ(2) statistic and various goodness-of-fit (GOF) indices, including the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA). This study provided empirical evidence of the construct validity of the CP QOL-Child to support its use with children with CP in the Chinese speaking society.
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Davis E, Shelly A, Waters E, Davern M. Davis E, et al. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2010 Feb;52(2):174-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03382.x. Epub 2009 Jun 22. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2010. PMID: 19549193
Davis E, Mackinnon A, Davern M, Boyd R, Bohanna I, Waters E, Graham HK, Reid S, Reddihough D. Davis E, et al. Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Jan;34(1):344-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.018. Epub 2012 Sep 16. Res Dev Disabil. 2013. PMID: 22989577
Chen KL, Tseng MH, Shieh JY, Lu L, Huang CY. Chen KL, et al. Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Feb;35(2):520-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.12.002. Epub 2013 Dec 27. Res Dev Disabil. 2014. PMID: 24374895
Carlon S, Shields N, Yong K, Gilmore R, Sakzewski L, Boyd R. Carlon S, et al. BMC Pediatr. 2010 Nov 9;10:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-81. BMC Pediatr. 2010. PMID: 21059270 Free PMC article. Review.
Gilson KM, Davis E, Reddihough D, Graham K, Waters E. Gilson KM, et al. J Child Neurol. 2014 Aug;29(8):1134-40. doi: 10.1177/0883073814535502. Epub 2014 May 27. J Child Neurol. 2014. PMID: 24870369 Review.
Gelder CL, Sataite I, Chave-Cox RS, Goodden JR. Gelder CL, et al. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Mar;40(3):863-868. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06253-z. Epub 2023 Dec 23. Childs Nerv Syst. 2024. PMID: 38135826
Mrosková S, Klímová E, Majerníková Ľ, Tkáčová Ľ. Mrosková S, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 16;18(16):8645. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168645. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021. PMID: 34444393 Free PMC article. Review.
Wang J, Shi W, Khiati D, Shi B, Shi X, Luo D, Wang Y, Deng R, Huang H, Li J, Yan W, Yang H. Wang J, et al. Trials. 2020 Jan 6;21(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3986-z. Trials. 2020. PMID: 31907027 Free PMC article.
Şimşek TT, Sertel M, Yümin ET, Aras B, Narayanan UG. Şimşek TT, et al. Turk Pediatri Ars. 2019 Mar 1;54(1):13-27. doi: 10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.57778. eCollection 2019. Turk Pediatri Ars. 2019. PMID: 31217705 Free PMC article.
Summers J, Coker B, Eddy S, Elstad M, Bunce C, Bourmpaki E, Pennington M, Aquilina K, Cawker S, Edwards R, Goodden J, Hawes S, McCune K, Pettorini B, Smith J, Sneade C, Vloeberghs M, Patrick H, Powell H, Verity C, Peacock JL; Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Steering Committee. Summers J, et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Jul;3(7):455-462. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30119-1. Epub 2019 Apr 30. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019. PMID: 31047843 Free PMC article.