Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the TAPQOL: A health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument for 1- to 5-year-old children

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Rajmil, Luis ^a,b,c   Abad, Sandra ^b   Sardon, Olaia ^d,g   Morera, Gemma ^e   Pérez Yarza, Eduardo G ^d   Moreno, Antonio ^e   Detmar, Symone ^f   Fekkes, Minne ^e   Herdman, Michael ^b,c   Alonso, Jordi ^b,c  

^a Avaluació i Qualitat en Salut ^*  (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Infant; Preschool children; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

EID: 79955523549     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Beaton D.E., Bombardier C., Guillemin F., Ferraz M.B. Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. Spine 2000, 25:3186-3191.
2. Nelson Text Book of Pediatrics 2007, Elsevier, Philadelphia. 16th ed. R.E. Behrman, R. Kliegman, H.B. Jenson (Eds.).
3. Berra S., Borrell C., Rajmil L., Estrada M.D., Rodriguez M., Riley A.W., et al. Perceived health status and use of healthcare services among children and adolescents. European Journal of Public Health 2006, 16(4):405-414.
4. Bullinger M., Alonso J., Apolone G., Leplège A., Sullivan M., Wood-Dauphinee S., et al. Translating health status questionnaires and evaluating their quality: the IQOLA project approach. International Quality of Life Assessment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998, 51:913-923.
5. Bunge E.M., Essink-Bot M.L., Kobussen M.P.H.M., van Suijlekom-Smit L.W.A., Moll H.A., Raat H. Reliability and validity of health status measurement by the TAPQOL. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2005, 90:351-358.
6. Cohen J. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences 1998, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Hillsdale. 2nd ed.
7. Cremeens J., Eiser C., Blades M. Characteristics of health-related self-report measures for children aged three to eight years: a review of the literature. Quality of Life Research 2006, 15:739-754.
8. Embretson S.E., Reise S.P. Item Response Theory for Psychologists 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London.
9. Fekkes M., Theunissen N.C., Brugman E., Veen S., Verrips E.G.H., Koopman H.M., et al. Development and psychometric evaluation of the TAPQOL: a health-related quality of life instrument for 1-5-year-old children. Quality of Life Research 2000, 9:961-972.
10. Holme S.A., Man I., Sharpe J.L., Dykes P.J., Lewis-Jones M.S., Finlay A.Y. The children's dermatology life quality index: validation of the cartoon version. British Journal of Dermatology 2003, 148(2):285-290.
11. Jaeschke R., Singer J., Guyatt G.H. Measurement of health status: ascertaining the minimal clinically important difference. Controlled Clinical Trials 1989, 10:407-415.
12. Lawford J., Volavka N., Eiser C. A generic measure of quality of life for children aged three to eight years: results of two preliminary studies. Pediatric Rehabilitation 2001, 4(4):197-207.
13. Le Coq E.M., Boeke A.J.P., Bezemer P.D., Colland V.T., Eijk J.H.M. Which source should we use to measure quality of life in children with asthma: the children themselves or their parents?. Quality of Life Research 2000, 9(6):625-636.
14. Lee C.F., Chien L.Y., Koc Y.L., Choud Y.H., Tai C.J., Liou Y.M. Development and psychometric properties of the Chinese language version of the TAPQOL: a health-related quality of life instrument for preschool children. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2005, 42:457-465.
15. Mohangoo A.D., Essink-Bot M.L., Juniper E.F., Moll H.A., Koning H.G., Raat H. Health-related quality of life in preschool children with wheezing and dyspnea: preliminary results from a random general population sample. Quality of Life Research 2005, 14:1931-1936.
16. Raat H., Landgraf J.M., Oostenbrink R., Moll H.A., Essink-Bot M.L. Reliability and validity of the Infant and Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL) in a general population and respiratory disease sample. Quality of Life Research 2007, 16:445-460.
17. Rajmil, L., Alonso, J., Berra, S., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Gosch, A, Simeoni, M.C., Auquier, P., the KIDSCREEN group, 2006. Use of a children questionnaire of health-related quality of life (KIDSCREEN) as a measure of needs for health care services Journal of Adolescent Health 38, 511-518.
18. Ravens-Sieberer U., Thomas C., Kluth W., Teschke L., Bullinger M., Lilientahl S. A disease-specific quality of life module for children with cancer-news from the KINDL questionnaire. Psychooncology 2001, 10(4):18-19.
19. Rovers M.M., Krabbe P.F., Straatman H., Ingels K., van der Wilt G.J., Zielhuis G.A. Randomised controlled trial of the effect of ventilation tubes (grommets) on quality of life at age 1-2 years. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2001, 84:45-49.
20. Sardón-Prado O., Morera G., Herdman M., Moreno Galdó A., Pérez-Yarza E.G., Detmar S., et al. Versión española del TAPQOL: calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en niños de 3 meses a 5 años. Anales de Pediatria (Barcelona) 2008, 68:420-424.
21. Scientific Advisory Committee of the Medical Outcomes Trust Assessing health status and quality-of-life instruments: attributes and review criteria. Quality of Life Research 2002, 11:193-205.
22. Solans M., Pane S., Estrada M.D., Serra-Sutton V., Berra S., Herdman M., et al. Health-related quality of life measurement in children and adolescents: a systematic review of generic and disease-specific instruments. Value Health 2008, 11:742-764.
23. Starfield B. Measurement of outcome: a proposed scheme. Milbank Quarterly 1974, 52:39-50.
24. Testa M.A., Simonson D.C. Assessment of quality-of-life outcomes. New England Journal of Medicine 1996, 334:835-840.
25. Theunissen N.C., Vogels T.G., Koopman H.M., Verrips G.H., Zwinderman K.A., Verloove-Vanhorick S.P., Wit J.M. The proxy-problem: child report vs parent report in quality of life research. Quality of Life Research 1998, 7:387-397.
26. Theunissen N.C., Been S., Fekkes M., Koopman H.M., Zwinderman K.A., Brugman E., et al. Quality of life of preschool children born preterm. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2001, 43:460-465.
27. Upton P., Lawford J., Eiser C. Parent-child agreement across child health-related quality of life instruments: a review of the literature. Quality of Life Research 2008, 17:895-913.
28. U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau The National Survey of Children's Health 2003 2005, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, Accessible at: http://mchb.hrsa.gov/thechild/1child/1status/01status.htm.
29. Varni J.W., Seid M., Kurtin P.S. Reliability and validity of the pediatric quality of life inventory version 4.0. Generic core scales in healthy and patient populations. Medical Care 2001, 39(8):800-812.