Validation of modified Children’s Health Survey for Asthma (CHSA) Questionnaire for the Sri Lankan setting
Journal Title: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 05
Abstract
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the childhood in developing and developed countries. Health related quality of life has become essential part of health outcome measurement in chronic disorders. The present study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of western developed scale for use in Sri Lankan children and their care givers. This study was a hospital based cross sectional study for validation of the western developed CHSA questionnaire. Study population was 100 children who was diagnosed as having asthma. Factor analysis of the data in the present study identified seven relevant factors. Two separate factors each were extracted for physical health (child) domain and emotional health (family) domain. Two separate factors each were extracted for physical health (child) domain and emotional health (family) domain. Cronbach alpha of above 0.7 for all domains indicate the internal consistency of the measure. It was found that CHSA is a valid and reliable measure to assess the impact of the disease among children with Asthma and their care givers.
Authors and Affiliations
Samarasinghe AIP, Arnold SM , Fonseka Pushpa,
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