Simultaneous Development of Acute Acquired Concomitant Esotropia in Two Siblings during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Report.

Aim: To report a case of two siblings who near-simultaneously developed a large angle concomitant esotropia during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to describe their treatment and outcomes.

Method: A 5-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister were presented to the hospital eye service in early 2021, having both developed acute-onset large angle esotropia within three months of each other. Neither had any significant past medical, ophthalmic, or family history.

Testing and Psychometric Validation of a Pediatric Instrument to Self-Assess Symptoms of the Common Cold.

Objectives: Given the lack of validated patient-reported outcomes (PRO) instruments assessing cold symptoms, a new pediatric PRO instrument was developed to assess multiple cold symptoms: the Child Cold Symptom Questionnaire (CCSQ). The objective of this research was to evaluate the measurement properties of the CCSQ.

Methods: This observational study involved daily completion of the self-report CCSQ by children aged 6-11 years in their home for 7 days.

Development and Content Validity Testing of Patient-Reported Outcome Items for Children to Self-Assess Symptoms of the Common Cold.

Background And Objective: No pediatric patient-reported outcome instruments specific to the common cold are found in the literature. This study involved development and content validity testing of patient-reported outcome items (questions and response options) assessing cold symptoms in children aged 6-11 years.

Methods: Draft patient-reported outcome instructions, items, response scales, and recall periods were developed based on the literature and existing measures.

Pilot study of client outcomes from exercise physiology in a youth mental health service.

The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the utilisation and experience of an exercise physiology programme, known as Bod Squad at a youth mental health service. Individual sessions were offered in an outpatient setting, while both group and individual sessions occurred in an inpatient unit. This pilot study used a mixed methodology to collect data from young people who attended Bod Squad.

Development of the Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome Severity Scale (P-RLS-SS): a patient-reported outcome measure of pediatric RLS symptoms and impact.

Objective: To develop a questionnaire to measure Pediatric Restless Legs Syndrome (P-RLS) symptoms and impact for use in clinical research.

Methods: Questionnaire items were developed based on open-ended, qualitative interviews of 33 children and adolescents diagnosed with definite RLS (ages 6-17 years) and their parents. The draft questionnaire was then tested through cognitive debriefing interviews with 21 of the same children/adolescents and 15 of their parents.