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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-004-0728-8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-004-0728-8</a>
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Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong
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Quality of Life Research
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2005
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Non-U.S. Gov't; PedPal Lit; Adolescent Analysis of Variance Child Hong Kong Humans; Quality of Life Research Support; Self Assessment (Psychology)
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Chow SM; Lo SK; Cummins RA
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-004-0728-8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1007/s11136-004-0728-8</a>
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2005
2005
Adolescent Analysis of Variance Child Hong Kong Humans
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Chow SM
Cummins RA
Journal Article
Lo SK
Non-U.S. Gov't
PedPal Lit
Quality of Life Research
Quality of Life Research Support
Self Assessment (Psychology)
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.3310/hta5040" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.3310/hta5040</a>
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Quality-of-life measures in chronic diseases of childhood
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Health Technology Assessment (winchester, England)
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2001
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Child; Female; Humans; Male; Great Britain; Health Services Research; Health Status Indicators; quality of life; adolescent; Preschool; Chronic disease; disabled children; Self Assessment (Psychology)
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Eiser C; Morse R
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SCOPE OF THE REPORT: This report is concerned with the evaluation of measures broadly designed to measure quality of life (QoL) in children and adolescents, either by self-report or proxy raters. Four research questions were identified: (1) To what extent are adult measures used in the evaluation of healthcare interventions in children? (2) How appropriate are adult measures for use with children? (3) To what extent do child self-reports correspond with assessments made by parents and carers? (4) How feasible and reliable are proxy measures of QoL in different disease contexts? OBJECTIVES: (1) To review the state of the art with regard to measurement of QoL for children. (2) To make recommendations regarding the value of currently available measures for different purposes. (3) To identify further research needs. METHOD: Electronic databases were searched for the period 1980-July 1999 for articles relating to measures of QoL, health status or well-being in children (under 18 years) with chronic disease. Handsearching of relevant journals and cross-referencing with reference lists in identified articles was also carried out. Key workers in the field were contacted for additional information, and the Internet was searched for relevant websites. RESULTS: Forty-three measures were identified (19 generic and 24 disease-specific). Sixteen measures allowed for completion by children and parent/caregiver; seven only allowed for completion by a proxy, and the remainder (n = 17) allowed only for child completion. The measures were described as QoL (n = 30), health status, (n = 2), perception of illness (n = 1), life satisfaction (n = 1) and quality of well-being (n = 1). RESULTS - TO WHAT EXTENT ARE ADULT MEASURES USED IN THE EVALUATION OF HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDREN?: Three studies were identified where adult measures were used with very few changes made for children. In 11 studies involving nine separate measures of QoL, adult measures were used as a model for work with children. RESULTS - HOW APPROPRIATE ARE ADULT MEASURES FOR USE WITH CHILDREN?: Adult measures may fail to tap the specific aspects of QoL that are important to the child. Measures based on adult work impose considerable response burden for children, in terms of length, reading skills and response scale. Wording and format of adult measures may need to be modified to account for children's cognitive and language skills. More basic research is needed to determine the level of response burden that children of different ages can manage. Assessments of difficulty (e.g. reading age) need to be routinely included with information about new measures. RESULTS - TO WHAT EXTENT DO CHILD SELF-REPORTS CORRESPOND WITH ASSESSMENTS MADE BY PARENTS AND CARERS?: Fourteen studies were identified in which concor-dance between child and parent was investigated, often as part of the development of a new measure. There was some evidence for greater concordance between child and parent for physical functioning compared with social and emotional domains, but greater heterogeneity in the latter measures may contribute to inconsistent results. There was no simple relationship between concordance and moderating variables such as age, gender and illness, but this conclusion was addressed only very rarely. RESULTS - HOW FEASIBLE AND RELIABLE ARE PROXY MEASURES OF QOL IN DIFFERENT DISEASE CONTEXTS?: Only five papers fulfilled the review criteria. Evaluation is difficult because authors fail to justify their choice of measures, and do not report critical information such as completion rates or missing data. Use of existing measures can potentially eliminate the time and expense required to develop a comprehensive measure of QoL, but a full battery of standardised tests may be expensive in terms of time for administration and scoring. In addition, battery measures tend to be lengthy and therefore demanding for sick patients. They are not recommended for work with children. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH - MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR NEW MEASURES: A set of procedures needs to be established for the development of new measures. These need to draw on the experience gained in development of child and adult measures to date. Basic research to enhance understanding of how children interpret questions in QoL measures is recommended. We need to understand the differences in meaning of items between children and adults, and between children of different ages. Some attempt to develop measures for children of 6 years or more have been reported, and these should be further developed. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
2001
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.3310/hta5040" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.3310/hta5040</a>
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2001
Adolescent
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Child
Chronic Disease
Disabled Children
Eiser C
Female
Great Britain
Health Services Research
Health Status Indicators
Health Technology Assessment (winchester, England)
Humans
Journal Article
Male
Morse R
Preschool
Quality Of Life
Self Assessment (Psychology)
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.67.6.1063" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.67.6.1063</a>
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Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem): a reevaluation of the Life Orientation Test
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Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology
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1994
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Female; Humans; Male; Self Concept; Anxiety; Non-U.S. Gov't; P.H.S.; Research Support; U.S. Gov't; Adaptation; Psychological; Comparative Study; Self Assessment (Psychology); Non-P.H.S.
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Scheier MF; Carver CS; Bridges MW
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Research on dispositional optimism as assessed by the Life Orientation Test (Scheier & Carver, 1985) has been challenged on the grounds that effects attributed to optimism are indistinguishable from those of unmeasured third variables, most notably, neuroticism. Data from 4,309 subjects show that associations between optimism and both depression and aspects of coping remain significant even when the effects of neuroticism, as well as the effects of trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem, are statistically controlled. Thus, the Life Orientation Test does appear to possess adequate predictive and discriminant validity. Examination of the scale on somewhat different grounds, however, does suggest that future applications can benefit from its revision. Thus, we also describe a minor modification to the Life Orientation Test, along with data bearing on the revised scale's psychometric properties.
1994
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.67.6.1063" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037//0022-3514.67.6.1063</a>
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1994
Adaptation
anxiety
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Bridges MW
Carver CS
Comparative Study
Female
Humans
Journal Article
Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology
Male
Non-P.H.S.
Non-U.S. Gov't
P.H.S.
Psychological
Research Support
Scheier MF
Self Assessment (Psychology)
Self Concept
U.S. Gov't
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-57" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-57</a>
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Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale: a comparison of imputation methods
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Bmc Medical Research Methodology
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2006
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Female; Humans; Male; Attitude to Health; Questionnaires; Research Design; Hospitals; Reproducibility of Results; Regression Analysis; Alberta; Teaching; Statistical; Data Interpretation; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Self Assessment (Psychology); Surgical Procedures; Depression/classification/diagnosis; Operative/psychology; Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/methods/statistics & numerical data; Preoperative Care; Psychometrics/methods
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Shrive FM; Stuart H; Quan H; Ghali WA
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BACKGROUND: Missing data present a challenge to many research projects. The problem is often pronounced in studies utilizing self-report scales, and literature addressing different strategies for dealing with missing data in such circumstances is scarce. The objective of this study was to compare six different imputation techniques for dealing with missing data in the Zung Self-reported Depression scale (SDS). METHODS: 1580 participants from a surgical outcomes study completed the SDS. The SDS is a 20 question scale that respondents complete by circling a value of 1 to 4 for each question. The sum of the responses is calculated and respondents are classified as exhibiting depressive symptoms when their total score is over 40. Missing values were simulated by randomly selecting questions whose values were then deleted (a missing completely at random simulation). Additionally, a missing at random and missing not at random simulation were completed. Six imputation methods were then considered; 1) multiple imputation, 2) single regression, 3) individual mean, 4) overall mean, 5) participant's preceding response, and 6) random selection of a value from 1 to 4. For each method, the imputed mean SDS score and standard deviation were compared to the population statistics. The Spearman correlation coefficient, percent misclassified and the Kappa statistic were also calculated. RESULTS: When 10% of values are missing, all the imputation methods except random selection produce Kappa statistics greater than 0.80 indicating 'near perfect' agreement. MI produces the most valid imputed values with a high Kappa statistic (0.89), although both single regression and individual mean imputation also produced favorable results. As the percent of missing information increased to 30%, or when unbalanced missing data were introduced, MI maintained a high Kappa statistic. The individual mean and single regression method produced Kappas in the 'substantial agreement' range (0.76 and 0.74 respectively). CONCLUSION: Multiple imputation is the most accurate method for dealing with missing data in most of the missind data scenarios we assessed for the SDS. Imputing the individual's mean is also an appropriate and simple method for dealing with missing data that may be more interpretable to the majority of medical readers. Researchers should consider conducting methodological assessments such as this one when confronted with missing data. The optimal method should balance validity, ease of interpretability for readers, and analysis expertise of the research team.
2006
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-57" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1186/1471-2288-6-57</a>
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2006
Alberta
Attitude To Health
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Bmc Medical Research Methodology
Data Interpretation
Depression/classification/diagnosis
Female
Ghali WA
Hospitals
Humans
Journal Article
Male
Operative/psychology
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/methods/statistics & numerical data
Preoperative Care
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychometrics/methods
Quan H
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Self Assessment (Psychology)
Shrive FM
statistical
Stuart H
Surgical Procedures
Teaching