Abstract
Recently, two burn-specific quality of life questionnaires were developed: the Health Outcomes Burn Questionnaire (HOBQ) foryoung children (0–4 years) and the American Burn Association/Shriners Hospital for children Burn Outcomes Questionnaire(BOQ) for children aged 5–18 years. To assess feasibility, reliabilityand validity of the Dutch version of the HOBQ and the BOQ.Questionnaires were adapted into Dutch and tested in children with a primary admission to a burn centre in March 2001-Februar 2004. Parents of 413 (aged 0–4) and 294 (aged 5–15) children were sent aquestionnaire, as were 113 adolescents (aged 10–15). To assessvalidity, generic outcome instruments were included (Infant Tod-dler Quality of Life Questionnaire (ITQOL) or the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) and the EuroQol-5D). Response rate was48–53%. Internal consistency of HOBQ and BOQ-scales was good (Cronbach’s alpha’s >0.7 in all but two scales). Test-retest results showed no differences in 70–92%of scales. High correlations between HOBQ- and BOQ-scales and conceptually equivalent generic outcome instruments were found. The majority of HOBQ (7/10) and BOQ scales (11/12) showed significant differences between children with a long versus short length of stay. The Dutch HOBQ and BOQ can be used to evaluate functional outcome after burns inchildren.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 76-76 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | European Journal of Epidemiology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |