About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Physical functioning; Emotional functioning; Social functioning; School functioning |
| Description | The PedsQL is a modular instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents. The proxy version can be used from age 2-18. |
| Example | In the past month… how much of a problem has your child had with running? |
| Link | http://www.pedsql.org/pedsql3.html |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 23 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Parent |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 2-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Unfunded researc |
| Cost per child | - |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | Yes |
| Cronbach's α | .70-.90 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor oblique |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Significant differences in mean scores of healthy children and those with known illnesses. |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Ceiling effects for healthy and ill groups especially in the domain of social functioning |
| References | Upton, P., Eiser, C., Cheung, I., Hutchings, H. A., Jenney, M., Maddocks, A., ... Williams, J. G. (2005). Measurement properties of the UK-English version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 3(1), 1-7. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-3-22 Varni, J. W., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P. S. (2001). PedsQL™ 4.0: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales in healthy and patient populations. Medical Care, 39(8), 800-812. doi:10.1097/00005650-200108000-00006 |