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Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)

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PedsQL 4.0

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The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory or PedsQLTM, now in its fourth version, is a series of assessment instruments designed to measure the health-related quality of life. The authors of the measure conceptualize health-related quality of life as physical, psychological, and social functioning. The PedsQL 4.0 provides an opportunity for the assessment of both overall (generic) quality of life and disease-specific quality of life.

The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales are appropriate for assessing health-related quality of life in both healthy and chronically ill children. The four scales making up this generic battery include Physical Functioning (8 items), Emotional Functioning (5 items), Social Functioning (5 items), and School Functioning (5 items). From these four core scales, three standardized summary scores can be calculated: a Total Quality of Life Score, a Physical Health Summary Score (based on the physical functioning items), and a Psychosocial...

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  • Desai, A. D., Zhou, C., Stanford, S., Haaland, W., Varni, J. W., & Mangione-Smith, R. M. (2014). Validity and responsiveness of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 Generic Core Scales in the pediatric inpatient setting. JAMA Pediatrics, 68, 1114–1121.

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  • Franciosi, J. P., Hommel, K. A., Bendo, C. B., King, E. C., Collins, M. H., Eby, M. D., Marsolo, K., Abonia, J. P., von Tiehl, K. F., Putnam, P. E., Greenler, A. J., Greenberg, A. B., Bryson, R. A., Davis, C. M., Olive, A. P., Gupta, S. K., Erwin, E. A., Klinnert, M. D., Spergel, J. M., Denham, J. M., Furuta, G. T., Rothenberg, M. E., & Varni, J. W. (2013). PedsQL™ Eosinophilic Esophagitis Module: Feasibility, reliability and validity. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 57, 57–66.

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  • Varni, J.W., Bendo, C.B., Denham, J., Shulman, R.J., Self, M.M., Neigut, D.A., Nurko, S., Patel, A.S, Franciosi, J.P., Saps, M., Yeckes, A., Langseder, A., Saeed, S., & Pohl, J.F. (2015). PedsQL™ Gastrointestinal Symptoms Scales and Gastrointestinal Worry Scales in pediatric patients with functional and organic gastrointestinal diseases in comparison to healthy controls. Quality of Life Research, 24, 363–378.

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  • Varni, J. W., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P. S. (2001). PedsQLTM4.0: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM Version 4.0 generic core scales in healthy and patient populations. Medical Care, 39, 800–812.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kentucky Children’s Hospital and College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, MN 472, KY 40536, Lexington, PA, USA

    Meghan L. Marsac

  2. The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Nemours Children’s Health System/A. I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, 19803, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Melissa A. Alderfer

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Marc Gellman

  2. Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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  1. Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 N Lake Road, 95343, Merced, CA, USA

    Deborah J. Wiebe

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Marsac, M.L., Alderfer, M.A. (2017). Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_974-2

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