PedsQL eosinophilic esophagitis module: feasibility, reliability, and validity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic esophageal inflammatory condition with a paucity of information on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The objective of the study was to report on the measurement properties of the PedsQL EoE Module.

Methods

The PedsQL EoE Module was completed in a multisite study by 196 pediatric patients with EoE and 262 parents of patients with EoE.

Results

The PedsQL EoE Module scales evidenced excellent feasibility (0.6%-3.1% missing), excellent group comparison reliability across total scale scores (patient α 0.93; parent proxy α 0.94), good reliability for the 7 individual scales (patient α 0.75-0.87; parent proxy α 0.81-0.92), excellent test-retest reliability (patient intraclass correlation coefficient 0.88; parent int

SUBMITTER: Franciosi JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4115583 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature