The Pediatric International Knee Documentation Committee (Pedi-IKDC) Subjective Knee Evaluation Form: Normative Data.

Background: Children are participating in sports at an increasingly younger age, which has contributed to an increased incidence of knee injuries among this population. Because of increased interest in the application of patient-reported outcome measures in orthopaedic surgery to evaluate treatment results, numerous knee outcome scores, including the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Form (IKDC), have been used to evaluate the knee. Although the IKDC has been validated only in adults, it is also being used for children because of a lack of appropriate outcome scores in the pediatric population.

PedsQL correlates to PODCI in pediatric orthopaedic outpatient clinic.

Purpose: Quality-of-life (QOL) measures can be a valuable tool to assess the general welfare across a spectrum of patients in a pediatric orthopaedic outpatient clinic and can be a simple way to assess patient-based outcomes particularly for quality initiatives. The Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) is validated for many orthopaedic conditions but typically takes around 20 minutes to complete (86 questions). The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) takes <4 minutes to complete (23 questions) but has not been assessed in an orthopaedic setting.