The value of the PedsQLTM in assessing quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer

• C. Eiser

• Y. H. Vance

• B. Horne

• A. Glaser

• H. Galvin

抄録

Aims  To determine differences in ratings of quality of life (QOL) depending on respondent (mother or child) and implications for the validity of measures of QOL, and interpretation of scores. Method  Forty‐five survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 23 survivors of central nervous system (CNS) tumours and their mothers completed a generic measure of QOL: the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM Version 4.0 (PedsQL TM 4.0; <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#b1">Varni et al ., 2001 ). Results  Although correlations between mother and survivor ratings were largely moderate to good, further analyses showed that mothers reported QOL to be worse than survivors. Both mothers and survivors rated physical health worse than psychological health, and survivors of a CNS tumour had poorer QOL than survivors of ALL. Although survivors of ALL reported reasonably good physical health, their psychosocial health was more adversely affected. Conclusions  Implications for further use of the PedsQL TM 4.0 in the clinical or research context are discussed. Incidental findings highlight some limitations of the PedsQL TM 4.0 for work with this population.

収録刊行物

• Child: Care, Health and Development

  Child: Care, Health and Development 29 (2), 95-102, 2003-03

  Wiley

キーワード

• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
• Developmental and Educational Psychology
• Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

詳細情報

• CRID: 1361137044504985600
• NII論文ID: 30014761422
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00318.x
• ISSN: 13652214
• ISSN: 03051862
• Web Site: https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2214.2003.00318.x
• Web Site: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00318.x
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