The KIDSCREEN-27 Quality of Life Measure for Romanian Children Aged 6: Reliability and Validity of the Romanian Version

The KIDSCREEN-27 Quality of Life Measure for Romanian Children Aged 6: Reliability and Validity of the Romanian Version

The KIDSCREEN-27 represents a standardized, worldwide instrument, employed to assess the health-related quality of life in children. The purpose of the present study is to validate the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire for 6-year-old preparatory school children and verify its reliability, as well as to per...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 7; p. 1198
Main Authors: Ardelean, Viorel Petru, Andrei, Vasile Liviu, Miuţa, Caius Călin, Boros-Balint, Iuliana, Deak, Grațiela-Flavia, Molnar, Andor, Berki, Tamás, Győri, Ferenc, Geantă, Vlad Adrian, Dehelean, Cristina Adriana, Borcan, Florin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 27-06-2022
MDPI
Subjects:
Children & youth
Cities
Cross-sectional studies
Disability
Emotions
health-related quality of life
Mental health
Parents & parenting
Peers
preparatory school children
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Schools
Teenagers
wellbeing
Romania
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Summary:The KIDSCREEN-27 represents a standardized, worldwide instrument, employed to assess the health-related quality of life in children. The purpose of the present study is to validate the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire for 6-year-old preparatory school children and verify its reliability, as well as to perform a comparison regarding the quality of children’s lives living in two cities in Romania: Arad, a provincial city, versus the second most developed city in the country, Cluj-Napoca. A total of 256 children of 6 years of age, who come from families with both parents, with a medium to high socioeconomic status and a good health status, were included in the analysis, using the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire at three assessment time points with a re-test period of two weeks. Results indicated that the KIDSCREEN-27 turned out to be suitable for use in 6-year-old Romanian children. Analysis regarding the psychometric properties showed that the Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.554 to 0.661 at the end of the study. The Pearson correlation coefficients showed statistically significant differences between the items of each area investigated. In conclusion, there is a growing need to periodically monitor the health status of children to avoid possible problems which may occur.
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ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare10071198