Health-Related Quality of Life of Adolescents with Cancer During the First Year of Treatment.

Adolescents with cancer (aged 12-18 years) are at risk for impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Little is known about this population during treatment. This study aimed to (1) determine the HRQoL of adolescents with cancer during the first year of treatment and compare them with age-matched peers and (2) obtain insight into cancer-specific HRQoL of adolescents during the first year of treatment.

Psychometric evaluation of the dutch version of the assessment of preschool children's participation (APCP): construct validity and test-retest reliability.

The aim of this study is to examine construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the Dutch translation of the Assessment of Preschool Children's Participation (APCP) a participation measure for children aged 2 to 5 years and 11 months with and without physical disabilities. Parents of 126 preschool children participated. Sixty-seven of the children had no physical disabilities (mean age three years two months, SD 1.