Translation of Mini Symptom Screening in pediatrics tool and its validation in cancer children aged 4～7
Objective To translate the Mini Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool(Mini-SSPedi)from English to Chinese,and to test its reliability and validity in cancer children aged 4～7.Methods With the authorization of the original authors,the Chinese version of Mini-SSPedi was formed by using Brislin translation model through translation,back-translation,cross-cultural adaptation and pilot test.From December 2022 to May 2023,210 children with cancer aged 4～7 from 2 tertiary grade-A hospitals in Guangzhou were selected by convenience sampling for questionnaire survey to test the reliability and validity.Results The Chinese version of Mini-SSPedi was a unidimensional scale,including 15 items of common symptoms and one open question.The item-level content validity index and averaging scale-level content validity index of the Chinese version of Mini-SSPedi were 1.000.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fitted well.The Cronbach's α coefficient of the Chinese version of Mini-SSPedi was 0.843,and the split-half reliability 0.829.Conclusion The Chinese version of Mini-SSPedi has good reliability and validity in cancer children,and can be used as a tool to assess symptom distress in cancer children aged 4～7.
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