Development, psychometric evaluation, and factor analysis of an instrument measuring quality of life in autistic preschoolers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early interventions for autistic children should target their quality of life (QoL) but require adapted measures. The association of a child's temperament and parental characteristics with the QoL of autistic children remains unknown.

Methods

We constructed an autism module based on a thematic analysis, a Delphi survey with experts, and a pre-test with parents to be completed alongside the proxy version of the PedsQL 4.0. We explored compliance, responsiveness, internal consistency, convergent validity, and factor structure with 157 parents of autistic preschool children. We examined the association between child and parental characteristics with the QoL of autistic children using correlation analysis, principal component analysis, hierarchical ascending classif

SUBMITTER: Lichtle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature