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Review
. 2010 Aug;10(4):385-96.
doi: 10.1586/erp.10.52.

Conceptual and methodological advances in child-reported outcomes measurement

Katherine B Bevans  1 , Anne W Riley, JeanHee Moon, Christopher B Forrest
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Review

Conceptual and methodological advances in child-reported outcomes measurement

Katherine B Bevans et al. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

Increasingly, clinical, pharmaceutical and translational research studies use patient-reported outcomes as primary and secondary end points. Obtaining this type of information from children themselves is now possible, but effective assessment requires developmentally sensitive conceptual models of child health and an appreciation for the rapid change in children's cognitive capacities. To overcome these barriers, outcomes researchers have capitalized on innovations in modern measurement theory, qualitative methods for instrument development and new computerized technologies to create reliable and valid methods for obtaining self-reported health data among 8-17-year-old children. This article provides a developmentally focused framework for selecting child-report health assessment instruments. Several generic health-related quality of life instruments and the assessment tools developed by the NIH-sponsored Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System network are discussed to exemplify advances in the measurement of children's self-reported health, illness, wellbeing and quality of life.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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