An acute cough-specific quality-of-life questionnaire for children: Development and validation

Background Patient-relevant outcome measures are essential for high-quality clinical research, and quality-of-life (QoL) tools are the current standard. Currently, there is no validated children's acute cough-specific QoL questionnaire. Objective The objective of this study was to develop and v...

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Published in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2015-05, Vol.135 (5), p.1179-1185.e4
Main Authors: Anderson-James, Sophie, BNursing, Newcombe, Peter A., PhD, Marchant, Julie M., PhD, O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., PhD, Acworth, Jason P., FACEM, Stone, D. Grant, FRACP, Turner, Catherine T., PhD, Chang, Anne B., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute cough
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Allergy and Immunology
Anxiety
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Cough - epidemiology
Diaries
Drug therapy
Female
Health facilities
Health Surveys
Humans
Infant
Male
Methods
Parents & parenting
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Background Patient-relevant outcome measures are essential for high-quality clinical research, and quality-of-life (QoL) tools are the current standard. Currently, there is no validated children's acute cough-specific QoL questionnaire. Objective The objective of this study was to develop and validate the Parent-proxy Children's Acute Cough-specific QoL Questionnaire (PAC-QoL). Methods Using focus groups, a 48-item PAC-QoL questionnaire was developed and later reduced to 16 items by using the clinical impact method. Parents of children with a current acute cough (
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.036