2.3.5 | Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ)
The scale was developed in order to determine the level of educational, physical, social and emotional difficulties experienced in their daily lives for children diagnosed with asthma between the ages of 7-17.26 It consists of 23 items and the answers are for some items are given according to the 7-point Likert scale. The scale has 3 subscales consisting of activity limitation, symptoms and emotional function.
Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted with 122 children between the ages 7-16 and the scale was found valid and reliable.27 Turkish version of scale’s Cronbach alpha (α) internal consistency coefficient of the activity limitation subscale was found .80, Cronbach alpha (α) internal consistency coefficient of the symptoms subscale was .90, and Cronbach alpha (α) internal consistency coefficient of the emotional function subscale was found .86. The Turkish and English version of the scale consist of 23 items. The scores range from 23 to 161. The high score shows high level of quality of life while the low score indicates low level of quality of life. This research’s the Cronbach alpha (α) value of the quality of life scale was found .89, Cronbach alpha (α) coefficient of activity limitation was .75, Cronbach alpha (α) value of symptoms .76 and finally Cronbach alpha (α) coefficient of emotional function subscale was .87.