Translation and validation of the Thai version of health-related quality of life measure for children with epilepsy (CHEQOL-25)

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Epilepsy & Behavior Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110337

Natcha Lueangapapong , Lunliya Thampratankul , Anannit Visudtibhan , Chaiyos Khongkhatithum

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to translate and validate the Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy (CHEQOL-25) into Thai version (TH-CHEQOL-25), and to evaluate factors affecting quality of life (QOL).

Methods

After approval by the original developer, cross cultural adaptation process of CHEQOL-25 was performed including forward translation by two translators, reconciliation, backward translation, and final approval by the original creator. TH-CHEQOL-25 was completed by 161 children with epilepsy aged 6–15 years and their parents twice in 10–14 days to assess its reliability and validity. Content validity was measured by an index of item-objective congruence (IOC) and a content validity index (CVI). The face validity and construct validity were assessed.

Results

Internal consistency reliability, evaluated by Cronbach’s α coefficient showed the acceptable reliability in three subscales of child self-report and four subscales of parent-proxy response scale. Both versions had good test–retest reliability as ICC for all items ranged between 0.68–0.85. The correlations between child-report and parent-proxy were acceptable. Higher number of anticonvulsants was significantly negatively correlated with poor QOL.

Conclusions

TH-CHEQOL-25 is a reliable and valid tool to assess health-related QOL in Thai children with epilepsy. The parent-proxy version can be used if children cannot report it themselves.

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Epilepsy & Behavior 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

15.40%

发文量

385

审稿时长

43 days

期刊介绍： Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging. From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.