Linguistic adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Italian version of children’s sleep habits questionnaire

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Elena Cantone¹  Dario Bruzzese²  Vincenzo Miranda³  Melissa Borrelli³  Francesca Santamaria³  Iris Scala³  Martina Fragnito³  Adele Corcione³  Ambrosina Michelotti⁴  Paola Festa⁵ 

[1] Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, Ear Nose Throat Section, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy;Department of Public Health, Federico II University, Naples, Italy;Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Pulmonology, Federico II, Naples, Italy;School of Orthodontics, Department of Neurosciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy;Unit of Odontology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy;

关键词: Children’s sleep habits questionnaire;    CSHQ;    Sleep behavior;    Children;    Reliability;    Italy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13052-021-01119-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) is a parent-report questionnaire used to examine sleep behavior in children. Linguistic adaptation of CSHQ into several languages and/or psychometric analysis of reliability have been published.Main textOur aim was to translate the original 33-items CSHQ from English to Italian and to examine its reliability for use in 4–10 years-old children of Italy. After translation and back-translation procedure of the original CSHQ, the Italian CSHQ (CSHQ-IT) was administered to 69 mothers of healthy children. Reliability of CSHQ-IT was examined by the internal consistency of the scale (using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient), and by the test-retest analysis obtained by asking mothers who had completed the CSHQ-IT at baseline to re-complete it after a two-week interval (measured with the Lin’s Concordance Correlation Coefficient, CCC). The CSHQ-IT showed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81 for the total scale). The total CSHQ-IT score showed a strong correlation in retests (CCC 0.87; 95% Confidence Interval, 0.80; 0.92).ConclusionCSHQ-IT is a valuable tool for evaluating sleep behavior in children 4–10 years-old in Italy. Future research should be implemented to provide definitive validity of CSHQ-IT in children with sleep-disordered breathing.

【 授权许可】

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