Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire among parents of children with cancer

Translational research – Universal parenting challenges and coping with change

“…Thus, the Ped-mTNS scale was found to be a valid and reliable instrument for evaluation of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in Turkish children and adolescents with cancer post-chemotherapy. A cross-sectional survey of Chinese parents ( N = 380) of children with cancer was conducted at four pediatric oncology departments to validate the Chinese version of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ) ( Liao et al, 2023 ). Forward and backward translation of the SMBQ into Chinese was performed and pilot tested with parents ( n = 30), while cultural relevance was evaluated by five bilingual nurses with 100% agreement for language consistency.…”