Healthcare 2022
The KIDSCREEN-27 Quality of Life Measure for Romanian Children Aged 6: Reliability and Validity of the Romanian Version
Viorel Petru Ardelean1,*, Vasile Liviu Andrei1, Caius Calin Miuţa1, Iuliana Boros-Balint2, Graţiela-Flavia Deak2, Andor Molnar3, Tamás Berki3 , Ferenc Győri4 , Vlad Adrian Geanta5, Cristina Adriana Dehelean6 and Florin Borcan6
1 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2-4, Elena Dragoi, 310330 Arad, Romania; liviu.andrei@uav.ro (V.L.A.); caius.miuta@uav.ro (C.C.M.)
2 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Babes, -Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, 7 Pandurilor Str., 400376 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; iuliana.borosbalint@ubbcluj.ro (I.B.-B.); gratiela.deak@ubbcluj.ro (G.-F.D.)
3 Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Hattyas u. 10, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; andor.h.molnar@gmail.com (A.M.); berki.tamas.laszlo@szte.hu (T.B.)
4 Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy and Sport Science, University of Pécs, 4 Vörösmarty u., H-7621 Pécs, Hungary; ferenc.gyori@etk.pte.hu
5 Faculty of Science, Physical Education and Informatics, University of Pite¸sti, 7 Normal School Alley, 110254 Pite¸sti, Romania; vladu.geanta@gmail.com
6 Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2 Eftimie Murgu Square, 300041 Timisoara, Romania; cadehelean@umft.ro (C.A.D.); fborcan@umft.ro (F.B.)
* Correspondence: viorel.ardelean@uav.ro; Tel.: +40-743-107182
Abstract
The KIDSCREEN-27 represents a standardized, worldwide instrument, employed to assess the health-related quality of life in children. The purpose of the present study is to validate the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire for 6-year-old preparatory school children and verify its reliability, as well as to perform a comparison regarding the quality of children’s lives living in two cities in Romania: Arad, a provincial city, versus the second most developed city in the country, Cluj-Napoca. A total of 256 children of 6 years of age, who come from families with both parents, with a medium to high socioeconomic status and a good health status, were included in the analysis, using the
KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire at three assessment time points with a re-test period of two weeks. Results indicated that the KIDSCREEN-27 turned out to be suitable for use in 6-year-old Romanian children. Analysis regarding the psychometric properties showed that the Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.554 to 0.661 at the end of the study. The Pearson correlation coefficients showed statistically significant differences between the items of each area investigated. In conclusion, there is a growing need to periodically monitor the health status of children to avoid possible problems which may occur.
Keywords: health-related quality of life; preparatory school children; wellbeing