The Turkish version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ).

Abstract

We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation into the Turkish language of the parent's version of two health related quality of life instruments. The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) is a disease specific health instrument that measures functional ability in daily living activities in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) is a generic health instrument designed to capture the physical and psychosocial well-being of children independently from the underlying disease. The Turkish CHAQ CHQ were fully validated with 3 forward and 3 backward translations. A total of 145 subjects were enrolled: 85 patients with JIA (35% systemic onset, 41% polyarticular onset, and 24% persistent oligoarticular subtype) and 60 healthy children. The CHAQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic, and polyarticular subtypes having a higher degree of disability, pain, and a lower overall well-being when compared to their healthy peers. Also the CHQ clinically discriminated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the systemic onset, and polyarticular onset having a lower physical and psychosocial well-being when compared to their healthy peers. In conclusion the Turkish version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid tool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children with JIA.

• Authors: H Ozdogan, N Ruperto, O Kasapçopur, A Bakkaloglu, N Arisoy, S Ozen, U Ugurlu, E Unsal, M Melikoglu, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation
• Journal: Clinical and experimental rheumatology (Clin Exp Rheumatol) 2001 Jul-Aug Vol. 19 Issue 4 Suppl 23 Pg. S158-62 ISSN: 0392-856X [Print] Italy
• PMID: 11510322 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Study)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Arthritis, Juvenile (diagnosis)
• Child
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Cultural Characteristics
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Health Status
• Humans
• Language
• Male
• Psychometrics
• Quality of Life
• Reproducibility of Results
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Turkey