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- The study evaluated the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) to measure health-related quality of life in young children in rural Guatemala, involving mothers of 842 children aged 1 to 60 months.
- Over a year, the study showed low to moderate consistency in how mothers responded to the PedsQL, indicating some reliability in healthy children, but not enough to effectively differentiate between healthy kids and those facing health issues like stunting or wasting.
- PedsQL scores did not decline during periods of acute illness, suggesting it may not capture short-term health changes accurately.
Article Abstract
In this study, we review the implementation, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), a measure of health-related quality of life, in young children in rural Guatemala. Mothers of 842 children ( = 1-60 months) completed the PedsQL Generic Core Scales 4.0 serially for 1 year. Low (Pearson's = 0.28, < .0001) to moderate (Pearson's = 0.65, < .0001) consistency in responding over time was shown. The PedsQL did not discriminate reliably between healthy children and those with stunting or wasting. PedsQL scores were not lower during the time of an acute illness. While we found low to moderate evidence for the reliability of the PedsQL in healthy children, it did not discriminate between healthy children and those with stunting, wasting or other acute illness.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868501 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X21991028 | DOI Listing |
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