Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the cardiac quality of life questionnaire for pediatric patients with heart disease (PedsQLTM)
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Why the study?
Advances in pediatric cardiology shifted attention to morbidity and health-related quality of life, prompting the need to assess the validity and reliability of the Italian version of the PedsQL Cardiac Module and establish normative Italian data.
Is the Italian version of the PedsQL Cardiac Module a valid and reliable tool for assessing health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with heart disease?
Population
400 pediatric patients aged 2-18 years with congenital or acquired heart disease and their parents
Comparison
Italian PedsQL 3.0 Cardiac Module vs PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales
Design
Observational cross-sectional study
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Implication
Italian PedsQL Cardiac Module shows validity for CHD; supports assessment in Italy while leaving longitudinal utility open.
Structured PICO
Is the Italian version of the PedsQL Cardiac Module a valid and reliable tool for assessing health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with heart disease?
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Population
400 pediatric patients (aged 2-18 years) with congenital or acquired Heart Disease (HD) and their parents (n=482), attending an outpatient cardiology unit at a single center in Italy.
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Intervention
Completion of the Italian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) 3.0 Cardiac Module and PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales.
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Outcome
Validity (construct validity via Pearson's correlation) and reliability (internal consistency via Cronbach's alpha, agreement via intraclass correlation coefficients) of the Italian PedsQL Cardiac Module.patient reported
The Italian version of the PedsQL Cardiac Module is a valid and reliable tool for assessing health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.
Limitations
- Lack of comparison with a group of healthy children
- Small sample size in the 2-4 years age group compromising precision of some results
- High percentage of pre-school respondents influencing the data of the Cognitive Problems scale
Cite This Study
Capitello et al. (2021) studied this question.
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