Development of a questionnaire for parental rating of leg pain in young children: internal validity and reliability testing following triangulation

• Published in: Foot (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 42 - 48
• Main Authors: Evans, Angela M., Scutter, Sheila D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2004
• Subjects: Children; Growing pains; Questionnaire; Reliability; Triangulation; Validity; Validity; Triangulation; Questionnaire; Children; Growing pains; Reliability

Background: Leg pains, often described as ‘growing pains’, are a common reason for presentation of otherwise healthy children to health professionals. The prevalence of growing pains is unclear with previous estimates ranging from 2.6 to 33.6%. Without a firm estimate of prevalence there is no conte...