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Open Access 01-04-2014 | Pediatric QOL Special Section

The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances

Authors: Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Michael Herdman, Janine Devine, Christiane Otto, Monika Bullinger, Matthias Rose, Fionna Klasen

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 3/2014

Abstract

Purpose

The KIDSCREEN questionnaires were developed by a collaborative effort of European pediatric researchers for use in epidemiologic public health surveys, clinical intervention studies, and research projects. The article gives an overview of the development of the tool, summarizes its extensive applications in Europe, and describes the development of a new computerized adaptive test (KIDS-CAT) based on KIDSCREEN experiences.

Methods

The KIDSCREEN versions (self-report and proxy versions with 52, 27, and 10 items) were simultaneously developed in 13 different European countries to warrant cross-cultural applicability, using methods based on classical test theory (CTT: descriptive statistics, CFA and MAP, internal consistency, retest reliability measures) and item response theory (IRT: Rasch modeling, DIF analyses, etc.). The KIDS-CAT was developed (in cooperation with the US pediatric PROMIS project) based on archival data of European KIDSCREEN health surveys using IRT more extensively (IRC).

Results

Research has shown that the KIDSCREEN is a reliable, valid, sensitive, and conceptually/linguistically appropriate QoL measure in 38 countries/languages by now. European and national norm data are available. New insights from KIDSCREEN studies stimulate pediatric health care. Based on KIDSCREEN, the Kids-CAT promises to facilitate a very efficient, precise, as well as reliable and valid assessment of QoL.

Conclusions

The KIDSCREEN has standardized QoL measurement in Europe in children as a valid and cross-cultural comparable tool. The Kids-CAT has the potential to further advance pediatric health measurement and care via Internet application.

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Title: The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances
Authors: Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
Michael Herdman
Janine Devine
Christiane Otto
Monika Bullinger
Matthias Rose
Fionna Klasen
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Quality of Life Research / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0428-3

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The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances

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Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Methods

Results

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