Malaysian Translation and Psychometric Evaluation for Parent and Child Questionnaires of Children Health Survey for Asthma

Maryam SE Hussein, Waqas Akram, Nor Azizah Abu and Nahlah Elkudssiah binti Ismail

International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Research, 2015, vol. 2, issue 7, 122-135

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the reliability, and construct validity of the Malaysian versions of parent and child report of Children Health survey for Asthma. Questionnaires were translated to Bahasa Malaysia using previously established guidelines, a cross sectional study design and methodology was used to obtain the data, the study was recruited 180 respondents (7-16 years old) who have been diagnosed as asthmatic and their parents, SPSS version 20 was used to determine the reliability and construct validity. The results showed that all scores of cronbach’s alpha in the acceptable range ≥ 0.7. Both reliability and factor analyses reveal an acceptable reliability and a good construct validity of the scales.

Keywords: CHSA; CHSA-C; Reliability; Validity; Asthmatic children; Parents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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