The Korean version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)

We report herein the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validatio n into the Korean language of the parents version of two health related qua lity. of life instruments. The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (C HAQ) is a disease specific health instrument that measures functional abili ty in daily, living activities in children with juvenile idiopathic arthrit is (JIA). The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) is a generic health instrume nt designed to capture the physical and psychosocial well-being of children independently from the underlying disease. A total of 221 subjects were en rolled: 87 patients with JIA (18% systemic onset, 37% polyarticular onset, 12% extended oligoarticular subtype, and 33% persistent oligoarticular subt ype) and 134 health), children. The CHAQ clinically, discriminated between health), subjects and the four JIA subtypes of patients, with the JIA patie nts having a higher degree of disability, pain, and a lower overall well-be ing when compared to their healthy, peers. Also the CHQ clinically, discrim inated between healthy subjects and JIA patients, with the JIA patients hav ing a lower physical and psychosocial well-being when compared to their hea lthy peers. In conclusion the Korean version of the CHAQ-CHQ is a reliable, and valid t ool for the functional, physical and psychosocial assessment of children wi th JIA.