Shortening a quality of life questionnaire for adolescents with chronic pain and its psychometric qualities

V P B M Merlijn; J A M Hunfeld; J C van der Wouden; A A J M Hazebroek-Kampschreur; J Passchier

doi:https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.753

Shortening a quality of life questionnaire for adolescents with chronic pain and its psychometric qualities

V P B M Merlijn, J A M Hunfeld, J C van der Wouden, A A J M Hazebroek-Kampschreur, J Passchier

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Abstract

Chronic pain is a common experience in adolescence. To measure its influence on quality of life in adolescents with chronic headache, Langeveld developed the 71-item scale, Quality of Life Headache-Youth. On the basis of this questionnaire we develop a shortened list, also suitable for other pain locations to enhance compliance. For this, we tested a sample of 98 adolescents from an open population with chronic benign pain. This article presents the psychometric qualities of the shortened version, named the Quality of Life Questionnaire for Adolescents with Chronic Pain. The original version could be reduced to 44 items which showed suitable internal consistency and construct validity against COOP/WONCA charts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	753-9
Number of pages	7
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	90
Issue number	3 Pt 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.753
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior/psychology
Affect
Child
Chronic Disease
Female
Health Status
Humans
Male
Pain/epidemiology
Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires

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