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Table 5 Construct validity in the main study (N = 75): Kendall Tau correlations (rτ, p) between the dimensions of the IPQ-R Puppet Interview and parent-reported measures for different dimensions of the child’s health-related quality of life [KINDL−R; 23]

From: The puppet interview to measure illness perceptions in paediatric oncology: development and psychometric properties in acute treatment and follow-up care

 

HRQoL

 

Physical well-being

 

Emotional well-being

 

Self-esteem

 

Family

 

Friends

 

Daily functioning (school, pre-school)

 

Illness-related well-being

 
 

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

rτ (punadj.)

rτ (padj.)

Symptoms associated with the illness

-.20 (.032)

-.20 (.224)

-.20 (.034)

-.20 (.238)

-.19 (.044)

-.19 (.308)

.02 (.852)

.02 (.959)

.08 (.425)

.08 (.595)

.02 (.828)

.02 (.828)

-.26 (.007)

-.26 (.016)

Timeline-acute/chronic

-.07 (.522)

-.07 (.913)

-.10 (.354)

-.10 (.620)

-.05 (.649)

-.05 (.975)

.14 (.194)

.14 (.959)

-.06 (.555)

-.06 (.648)

-.06 (.571)

-.06 (.666)

-.15 (.164)

-.15 (.230)

Timeline-cyclical

-.17 (.111)

-.17 (.389)

-.11 (.298)

-.11 (.620)

-.03 (.762)

-.03 (.975)

.01 (.932)

.01 (.959)

.09 (.419)

.09 (.595)

.08 (.456)

.08 (.666)

-.28 (.007)

-.28 (.016)

Personal control

.01 (.913)

.01 (.913)

.03 (.790)

.03 (.790)

.00 (.975)

.00 (.975)

.02 (.844)

.02 (.959)

.15 (.179)

.15 (.595)

.17 (.134)

.17 (.560)

-.04 (.708)

-.04 (.708)

Coherence

-.10 (.340)

-.10 (.793)

-.04 (.742)

-.04 (.790)

-.01 (.961)

-.01 (.975)

.05 (.655)

.05 (.959)

.01 (.930)

.01 (.930)

.10 (.375)

.10 (.666)

-.13 (.218)

-.13 (.254)

Consequences

.02 (.863)

.02 (.913)

-.14 (.205)

-.14 (.620)

-.16 (.163)

-.16 (.571)

-.10 (.403)

-.10 (.959)

-.10 (.379)

-.10 (.595)

-.08 (.483)

-.08 (.666)

-.34 (.002)

-.34 (.014)

Emotional representations

-.02 (.871)

-.02 (.913)

.05 (.626)

.05 (.790)

.04 (.738)

.04 (.975)

-.01 (.959)

-.01 (.959)

.11 (.322)

.11 (.595)

.17 (.160)

.17 (.560)

-.20 (.065)

-.20 (.114)

  1. To account for multiple comparisons, the Benjamini–Hochberg adjustment method was used (false discovery rate; k = 7). punadj. indicates p-values before adjustment, while padj. indicates p-values after adjustment. Bold characters indicate a significant result (p < .05). As the dimension “treatment control” was added later to the puppet interview, no information on construct validity is available yet. Higher scores in the IPQ-R Puppet Interview indicate more associated symptoms, more negative perception of chronicity, cyclicity, and emotional representations, and more positive perception of personal control and ill-ness coherence. Higher scores in the KINDL-R indicate higher physical and emotional well-being, higher self-esteem, higher well-being concerning family and friends, better daily functioning in pre-school and school, and higher illness-related well-being
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BMC Pediatrics

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