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The Child Health Questionnaire in Australia: reliability, validity and population means
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posted on 2000-04-01, 00:00 authored by E Waters, L Salmon, M Wake, Kylie HeskethKylie Hesketh, M WrightOBJECTIVE: To provide reliability, validity and population means for the Australian Authorized Adaptation of the parent-report Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). METHOD: We surveyed a representative sample of Australian parents of school-aged children (5-18 years) in Victoria between July and December 1997, using a school-based cluster sample design stratified by educational sector and age. RESULTS: Some 5,414 parents responded (72%). Good psychometric performance was observed for the CHQ in Australia. Population means demonstrated differences in health on domains of functioning and well-being by age and gender. This population-derived sample demonstrated high ceiling values on Physical Functioning and Social Role scales. IMPLICATIONS: The CHQ appears to be a reliable and valid measure of child and adolescent functional health and well-being for the Australian population. Child health outcomes of children and adolescents with particular conditions or within population subgroups can be compared with these age and gender benchmarks. Appropriate uses for the CHQ may be to discriminate between children who are generally healthy and children with health problems, or in population surveys partnered with measures that extend the range of physical functioning and social functioning.
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthVolume
24Issue
2Pagination
207 - 210Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaLocation
Melbourne, Vic.Publisher DOI
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1326-0200Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2000, The AuthorsUsage metrics
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Activities of Daily LivingAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorChildChild BehaviorChild WelfareChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMental HealthParentsPsychology, AdolescentPsychologyPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesVictoriaScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
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