Children’s Acute Cough-Specific Quality of Life: Revalidation and Development of a Short Form

Purpose Acute cough in children has a significant impact on the child and family. Relevant quality of life (QoL) instruments are essential for high-quality clinical research. This study aimed to (1) revalidate the 16-item Parent-proxy Children’s Acute Cough-specific QoL questionnaire (PAC-QoL 16 ) u...

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Published in:Lung 2021-10, Vol.199 (5), p.527-534
Main Authors: Anderson-James, Sophie, Newcombe, Peter A., Marchant, Julie M., Turner, Catherine T., Chang, Anne B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Chronic Disease
Cough
Datasets
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Pediatric Cough
Pneumology/Respiratory System
Psychometrics
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Purpose Acute cough in children has a significant impact on the child and family. Relevant quality of life (QoL) instruments are essential for high-quality clinical research. This study aimed to (1) revalidate the 16-item Parent-proxy Children’s Acute Cough-specific QoL questionnaire (PAC-QoL 16 ) using a different dataset (i.e., different children), (2) confirm the minimally important difference (MID), and (3) develop and validate a short form. Methods Three datasets from two sources were utilized, comprising of 332 children with acute cough (
ISSN:0341-2040
1432-1750
DOI:10.1007/s00408-021-00482-2