Adaptação cultural e validação do módulo específico dermatite atópica do instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de crianças e adolescentes - DISABKIDS® - MDA - Fase I / Cultural adaptation and validation of the Atopic Dermatitis Module from the instrument of measurement of children and adolescents Health Related Quality of Life DISABKIDS®-MDA - preliminary results.

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2009

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Quality of Life has been object of many interesting nowadays. Health Related Quality of Life is considered as a health indicator, which approaches physical, mental and social aspects. Its measurement involves instruments with validity and reliability developed or adapted to a specific culture. Dermatologic chronic conditions has been associated with patients quality of life decrease. The aim of this study was to do the cultural adaptation to Brazil and to obtain DISABKIDS®-MDAs preliminary psychometric properties to measurement of health related quality of life of children/adolescents with Atopic Dermatitis and their parents/caregivers. The instrument has 12 items and two dimensions, impact and stigma. The research consisted of a quantitative methodological investigation, that included a sample of 70 Brazilian children/adolescents with Atopic Dermatitis, aged 8 to 18, and their parents/caregivers, recruited at Dermatology Service from Clinic Hospital from College of Medicine from University of Sao Paulo, at Sao Paulo, between April and September of 2009. The procedure comprised translation, back-translation, linguistic validation and pilot test, with appropriate statistic analysis. On the linguistic validation the instrument was well accepted by the participants, and it was considered very good and has comprehensible items. Reliability of internal consistency was adequate, with Cronbachs Alpha acceptable to instruments dimensions (0,7024/0,8124 and 0,7239/0,8604). The MAP analysis to convergent validation displayed values higher than 0,30 for all items. In relation to discriminant validation, the analysis presented acceptable outcomes. The agreement between self and proxy versions was accessed by ICC, with values of 0,8173 to impact and 0,7629 to stigma. By the outcomes from this research, DISABKIDS®-MDA, after its complete validation procedure at the country, may be used by Brazilian researchers, once its initial outcomes appoint to be a valid and reliable instrument.

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validation studies. child quality of life dermatite atópica qualidade de vida atopic dermatitis criança estudos de validação.

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