Developing a scale for quality of life in pediatric oncology patients aged 7-12--children and parent forms.

نویسندگان

  • Asli Akdeniz Kudubes
  • Murat Bektas
چکیده

BACKGROUND This study was planned in an attempt to develop a scale for the quality of life in pediatric oncology patients aged 7-12, with child and parents forms. MATERIALS AND METHODS In collecting the study data, we used the Child and Parent Information Form, Visual Quality of Life Scale, Scale for Quality of Life Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 7-12 and the Scale for the Quality of Life in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 7-12 for Parents. We also used Pearson correlation analysis, the Cronbach alpha coefficient, factor analysis and ROC analysis for the study data. RESULTS In this study, the total Cronbach alpha value of the parent form was 0.96, the total factor load being 0.54-0.90 and the total variance explained was 82.5%. The cutoff point of the parent form was 93 points. The total Cronbach alpha value for the child form was 0.96, with a total factor load of 0.55-0.91 and the total variance being explained was 78.3%. The cutoff point of the child form was 65 points. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that the Scale for Quality of Life in Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 7-12 Child and Parents Forms are valid and reliable instruments in assessing the quality of life of children.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP

دوره 16 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015