Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (Generic Core Scales 4.0).
PedsQL
- What it measures
- Health-related quality of life in children/adolescents; 4 scales: Physical, Emotional, Social, and School Functioning; Physical Health and Psychosocial Health summary scores
- Length and format
- 23 (Generic Core 4.0). 5-point frequency (never to almost always a problem) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 70+ languages (one of the most translated pediatric HRQOL measures)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Varni, J. W., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P. S. (2001). PedsQL 4.0: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Medical Care, 39(8), 800-812. (https://www.pedsql.org)
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