Some common quality of life scales for children
| Scale | Components | Respondents | Age range | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer specific | ||||
| Play performance12 | None | Parents, physicians | 1–16 | Global function, research interviews |
| Quality of wellbeing13 | Mobility, physical function, social activity, symptoms | Parents | 4–18 | Play performance, treatment toxicity |
| Quality of life14 | Physical function, emotional distress, reaction to treatment | Parents | Very wide | Play performance, child behaviour, checklist |
| Multiattribute health status15 | Mobility, cognition, sensation, pain, self care, fertility, emotion | Physicians | 8–25 | Population norms |
| PIE16 | Appearance, activity, disclosure, school, peer rejection, parental behaviour, manipulation, preoccupation with illness (treatment) | Child, parents | 11–16 | Depression, play performance, symptom checklist |
| Diabetes specific | ||||
| Quality of life17 | Satisfaction, impact, worry diabetes, worry social/vocational | Young adult | 15–28 | None |
| Psychosocial adaptation18 | Emotional difficulty, attitude | Child, parent | 10–17 | Anxiety, depression, self esteem |
| Asthma specific | ||||
| Childhood asthma19 | Severity, enjoyment of passive distress, enjoyment of active pastimes | Child | 4–7, 8–12, 13–16 | Parent and clinician ratings of severity, peak expiratory flow rate |
| Paediatric asthma quality of life20 | Activity limitation, symptoms, emotional functioning | Child | 7–17 | Feeling thermometer, global rating |
PIE=perceived illness experience.