Table 2.
PedsQL™ 3.0 Cancer Module: Test-retest Reliability according to versions designed for children/adolescents and guardians
| PedsQL™ Subscales | Report of child/adolescent (n = 32) | Report of guardian (n = 50) |
| Pain and hurt | 0.86 (0.72–0.93)* | 0.71 (0.48–0.83)* |
| Item 1 | 0.39# | 0.87# |
| Item 2 | 0.77# | 0.82# |
| Nausea | 0.69 (0.36–0.85)* | 0.86 (0.72–0.92)* |
| Item 1 | 0.43# | 0.49# |
| Item 2 | 0.39# | 0.25# |
| Item 3 | 0.38# | 0.30# |
| Item 4 | 0.41# | 0.61# |
| Item 5 | 0.26# | 0.51# |
| Procedural anxiety | 0.89 (0.77–0.94)* | 0.81 (0.67–0.89)* |
| Item 1 | 0.46# | 0.52# |
| Item 2 | 0.55# | 0.49# |
| Item 3 | 0.66# | 0.70# |
| Treatment anxiety | 0.87 (0.73–0.94)* | 0.85 (0.73–0.91)* |
| Item 1 | 0.59# | 0.43# |
| Item 2 | 0.43# | 0.49# |
| Item 3 | 0.60# | 0.57# |
| Worry | 0.84 (0.68–0.92)* | 0.85 (0.73–0.91)* |
| Item 1 | 0.43# | 0.63# |
| Item 2 | 0.51# | 0.47# |
| Item 3 | 0.53# | 0.52# |
| Cognitive problems | 0.89 (0.78–0.95)* | 0.75 (0.55–0.86)* |
| Item 1 | 0.32# | 0.34# |
| Item 2 | 0.85# | 0.34# |
| Item 3 | 0.54# | 0.45# |
| Item 4 | 0.62# | 0.38# |
| Item 5 | 0.36# | 0.72# |
| Perceived physical appearance | 0.90 (0.79–0.95)* | 0.89 (0.80–0.94)* |
| Item 1 | 0.61# | 0.67# |
| Item 2 | 0.69# | 0.52# |
| Item 3 | 0.45# | 0.63# |
| Communication | 0.82 (0.63–0.91)* | 0.93 (0.87–0.96)* |
| Item 1 | 0.53# | 0.62# |
| Item 2 | 0.50# | 0.67# |
| Item 3 | 0.63# | 0.46# |
*p ≤ 0.001(2-tailed) Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) – Confidence Interval 95%
#Weighted kappa Coefficient (kw) was calculated for each item