Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM)
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Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory v4 (Peds QL)
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Purpose
To measure health-related quality of life. For assessment, and an outcome measure
Healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions aged 2-18 yrs
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Cerebral Palsy | Musculoskeletal | Neurodisability (Other) | Other
Age Group
Children (3-12 years) | Adolescents (13-17 years)
ICF domain
Environment & Personal
Area of assessment
Quality of Life
Key description
Description
23 item child self report and parent report
Domains: Physical , Emotional, Social and School functioning . Raw scores translate in percentiles.
Reliability / validity
Reliable (Total Scale Score: 0.88 Child Self-Report; 0.90 Parent Proxy-Report)
Strengths / weaknesses
Quick to use. Encourages parental involvement
Cost
Free - fee for research use
Equipment required
Questionnaire & pen/pencil
Training required
N/A
Considerations & references
Less than 5 minutes
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https://www.pearsonclinical.co.uk/store/ukassessments/en/Store/Professional-Assessments/Developmental-Early-Childhood/Pediatric-Evaluation-of-Disability-Inventory/p/P100009069.html
https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/pediatric-quality-of-life-inventory
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