The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances.
Purpose: The KIDSCREEN questionnaires were developed by a collaborative effort of European pediatric researchers for use in epidemiologic public health surveys, clinical intervention studies, and research projects. The article gives an overview of the development of the tool, summarizes its extensiv...
| Published in: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 791 - 804 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104043551&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104043551 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2014 vid: 23 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104043551 NLM23686556 2012508148 10.1007/s11136-013-0428-3 NLM23686556 PMC3953538 104043551 ppf: 791 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances. aug: au: Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike Herdman, Michael Devine, Janine Otto, Christiane Bullinger, Monika Rose, Matthias Klasen, Fionna affil: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52 (W29), 20246, Hamburg, Germany, ravens-sieberer@uke.de. sug: subj: Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Methods Health Behavior Ethnology Pediatrics Psychometrics Standards Quality of Life Adolescence Child Ethnological Research Epidemiological Research Europe Medical Practice, Evidence-Based Female Surveys Human Male Outcome Assessment Program Development Psychometrics Questionnaires Reproducibility of Results Software Design Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Female Male ab: Purpose: The KIDSCREEN questionnaires were developed by a collaborative effort of European pediatric researchers for use in epidemiologic public health surveys, clinical intervention studies, and research projects. The article gives an overview of the development of the tool, summarizes its extensive applications in Europe, and describes the development of a new computerized adaptive test (KIDS-CAT) based on KIDSCREEN experiences.Methods: The KIDSCREEN versions (self-report and proxy versions with 52, 27, and 10 items) were simultaneously developed in 13 different European countries to warrant cross-cultural applicability, using methods based on classical test theory (CTT: descriptive statistics, CFA and MAP, internal consistency, retest reliability measures) and item response theory (IRT: Rasch modeling, DIF analyses, etc.). The KIDS-CAT was developed (in cooperation with the US pediatric PROMIS project) based on archival data of European KIDSCREEN health surveys using IRT more extensively (IRC).Results: Research has shown that the KIDSCREEN is a reliable, valid, sensitive, and conceptually/linguistically appropriate QoL measure in 38 countries/languages by now. European and national norm data are available. New insights from KIDSCREEN studies stimulate pediatric health care. Based on KIDSCREEN, the Kids-CAT promises to facilitate a very efficient, precise, as well as reliable and valid assessment of QoL.Conclusions: The KIDSCREEN has standardized QoL measurement in Europe in children as a valid and cross-cultural comparable tool. The Kids-CAT has the potential to further advance pediatric health measurement and care via Internet application. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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