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Review
. 1996 Aug;50(4):391-6.
doi: 10.1136/jech.50.4.391.

Quality of life assessment in children: a review of conceptual and methodological issues in multidimensional health status measures

D K Pal  1
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Review

Quality of life assessment in children: a review of conceptual and methodological issues in multidimensional health status measures

D K Pal. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1996 Aug.

Abstract

Study objective: To clarify concepts and methodological problems in existing multidimensional health status measures for children.

Design: Thematic review of instruments found by computerised and manual searches, 1979-95.

Subjects: Nine health status instruments.

Main results: Many instruments did not satisfy criteria of being child centered or family focussed; few had sufficient psychometric properties for research or clinical use; underlying conceptual assumptions were rarely explicit.

Conclusions: Quality of life measures should be viewed cautiously. Interdisciplinary discussion is required, as well as discussion with children and parents, to establish constructs that are truly useful.

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