The PedsQL™ in pediatric cancer
University of California San Diego · Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego · +2 more institutions
Abstract
The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a modular instrument designed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents ages 2-18 years. The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales are multidimensional child self-report and parent proxy-report scales developed as the generic core measure to be integrated with the PedsQL disease specific modules. The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale was designed to measure fatigue in pediatric patients. The PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module was designed to measure pediatric cancer specific HRQOL.
The PedsQL Generic Core Scales, Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, and Cancer Module were administered to 339 families (220 child self-reports; 337 parent proxy-reports).
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- 29.73
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- 100%
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Authors
5- JWJames W. VarniCorresponding
University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
- TMTasha M. Burwinkle
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
- ERErnest R. Katz
University of Southern California, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- KMKathy Meeske
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- PDPaige Dickinson
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Quality of life (healthcare)
- Scale (ratio)
- Proxy (statistics)
- Reliability (semiconductor)
- Internal consistency
- Cancer
- Clinical psychology