Arch Argent Pediatr. 2024 Dec 1;122(6):e202410329.doi: 10.5546/aap.2024-10329.eng. Epub 2024 Jul 18.

Marta Velasco Rodríguez-Belvís ¹, Laura Palomino ¹, Gemma Pujol-Muncunill ², Rafael Martin-Masot ³, Josefa Barrio Torres ⁴, Víctor M Navas-López ^# 3, Javier Martín de Carpi ^# 2; Task Force for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (SEGHNP)

Collaborators

• Task Force for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (SEGHNP): 

Enrique Medina Benítez ⁵, Ana E. Fernández- Lorenzo ⁶, Ana Moreno-Álvarez ⁶, Manuel Molina Arias ⁷, Inmaculada Hidalgo Montes ⁷, Ana Lozano Ruf ⁸, Javier Blasco-Alonso ⁹, Montserrat Montraveta ¹⁰, Luis Peña-Quintana ¹¹, Natalia Ramos Rueda ¹¹, Alejandro Rodríguez Martínez ¹², Gonzalo Botija Arcos ¹³, Carmen Alonso Vicente ¹⁴, Ana M. Castro Millán ¹⁵, Ester Donat ¹⁶, Santiago Fernández Cebrián ¹⁷, César Sánchez Sánchez ¹⁸, Inés Loverdos ¹⁹, Oscar Segarra Cantón ²⁰, Noelia Ruiz Castellano ²¹, Ricardo Torres-Peral ²², Elena Crehuá-Gaudiza ²³, Antonio Millán Jiménez ²⁴, Carmen Jovani Casano ²⁵, Saioa Vicente Santamaría ²⁶, Ana Tabares González ²⁶, Ruth Garcia-Romero ²⁷, Ignacio Ros Arnal ²⁷, María J. Balboa Vega ²⁸, Laura Escartín Madurga ²⁹, Nazareth Martinón Torres ³⁰, Vanesa Crujeiras Martínez ³⁰, Leticia González-Vives ³¹, Begoña Pérez-Moneo ³¹, María L. Masiques Mas ³², Ana M. Vegas Álvarez ³³, Luis Grande Herrero ³⁴, Enrique La Orden Izquierdo ³⁵, Francisco J. Chicano Marín ³⁶, María de las M. Busto Cuiñas ³⁷, José M. Martínez de Zabarte Fernández ³⁸, José R. Alberto Alonso ³⁹, Eva M. Andrés Esteban ⁴⁰

Author information

¹Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.

²Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.

³Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.

⁴Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain.

⁵Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Doce de Octubre, Madrid

⁶Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Hospital Materno-Infantil Teresa Herrera, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña

⁷Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid

⁸Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona

⁹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga

¹⁰Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona

¹¹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

¹²Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla

¹³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid

¹⁴Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid

¹⁵Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

¹⁶Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia

¹⁷Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense

¹⁸Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid

¹⁹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell

²⁰Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona

²¹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona

²²Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca

²³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia

²⁴Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla

²⁵Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón de la Plana

²⁶Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid

²⁷Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Infantil Miguel Servet, Zaragoza

²⁸Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla

²⁹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza

³⁰Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela

³¹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid

³²Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital General de Granollers, Barcelona

³³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid

³⁴Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid

³⁵Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Elena, Valdemoro

³⁶Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Los Arcos del Mar Menor, Murcia

³⁷Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra

³⁸Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Obispo Polanco, Teruel

³⁹Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

⁴⁰Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid.

^#Contributed equally.

Abstract

Introduction. The WPAI-UC/CD-Caregiver questionnaires assess the impact of ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) on parents'/caregivers' work life and daily activities. Our objective was to adapt and validate these questionnaires in the Spanish population. Methods. A translation and back-translation were done. The document was assessed by an expert committee and a pilot group of families of patients with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (p-IBD). For validation, the parents/caregivers of patients with p-IBD (10-18 years old) were recruited. The expert committee and the pilot group conducted a subjective assessment of the format and time necessary to complete the questionnaires. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was estimated and a factor analysis with varimax rotation was done. Kaiser- Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficients and Bartlett's sphericity test were estimated to test the adequacy of the factor analysis. Results. A total of 370 patients (median age: 14.1 years) and 263 parents/caregivers of patients with UC or unclassified IBD and 261 parents/caregivers of patients with CD were included. The KMO coefficients (0.6947 and 0.7179) and Bartlett's sphericity test (p < 0.001) confirmed the adequacy of the factor analysis. The 6 items targeted the same domain. The factor model accounted for 99.99% and 94.68% of variance, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients (0.6581 and 0.6968) showed an adequate consistency. The format and the median time of 2 minutes to complete the questionnaires were considered optimal. Conclusions. The versions of the WPAI-Caregiver questionnaires validated in the Spanish population may be used in families whose children have IBD.