Reliability, construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-10 score: a short measure for children and adolescents’ well-being and health-related quality of life

By U. Ravens-Sieberer, M. Erhart, L. Rajmil, M. Herdman, P. Auquier, J. Bruil, M. Power, Wolfgang Duer, Thomas Abel, L. Czemy and 5 more. Quality of Life Research, 2010

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BackgroundTo assess the criterion and construct validity of the KIDSCREEN-10 well-being and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) score, a short version of the KIDSCREEN-52 and KIDSCREEN-27 instruments.MethodsThe child self-report and parent report versions of the KIDSCREEN-10 were tested in a sample of 22,830 European children and adolescents aged 8–18 and their parents (n = 16,237). Correlation with the KIDSCREEN-52 and associations with other generic HRQoL measures, physical and mental health, and socioeconomic status were examined. Score differences by age, gender, and country were investigated.ResultsCorrelations between the 10-item KIDSCREEN score and KIDSCREEN-52 scales ranged from r = 0.24 to 0.72 (r = 0.27–0.72) for the self-report version (proxy-report version). Coefficients below r = 0.5 were observed for the KIDSCREEN-52 dimensions Financial Resources and Being Bullied only. Cronbach alpha was 0.82 (0.78), test–retest reliability was ICC = 0.70 (0.67) for the self- (proxy-)report version. Correlations between other children self-completed HRQoL questionnaires and KIDSCREEN-10 ranged from r = 0.43 to r = 0.63 for the KIDSCREEN children self-report and r = 0.22–0.40 for the KIDSCREEN parent proxy report. Known group differences in HRQoL between physically/mentally healthy and ill children were observed in the KIDSCREEN-10 self and proxy scores. Associations with self-reported psychosomatic complaints were r = −0.52 (−0.36) for the KIDSCREEN-10 self-report (proxy-report). Statistically significant differences in KIDSCREEN-10 self and proxy scores were found by socioeconomic status, age, and gender.ConclusionsOur results indicate that the KIDSCREEN-10 provides a valid measure of a general HRQoL factor in children and adolescents, but the instrument does not represent well most of the single dimensions of the original KIDSCREEN-52. Test–retest reliability was slightly below a priori defined thresholds.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• The Indirect Effect of the Mindful Parenting of Mothers and Fathers on the Child’s Perceived Well-Being Through the Child’s Attachment to Parents (2016, methodology): “The Portuguese self-report version of the KIDSCREEN-10 index (Matos et al. 2012; Ravens-Sieberer et al. 2010) was used to assess the children’s and adolescents’ perception of their well-being.”
• Maternal Attachment and Children’s Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Self-compassion and Parenting Stress (2014, methodology): “The KIDSCREEN-10 index is a psychometrically sound, cross-cultural and standardized instrument of QoL (Ravens-Sieberer et al. 2010).”
• Happiness and Well-Being of Young Carers: Extent, Nature and Correlates of Caring Among 10 and 11 Year Old School Children (2013, background): “According to Sahoo and Suar (2010) children who are carers can experience negative feelings such as insecurity, distrust and worry; however, they also reported that caring teaches children positive values including nurturance, endurance and sympathy.”
• The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: development, current application, and future advances (2013, methodology): “The generic KIDSCREEN QoL measure for children and adolescents is available in three versions; the original long version consists of 52 items covering ten dimensions of QoL [see Table 1; 6, 7], a 27-item version covering 5 dimensions of QoL [8, 9], and a 10-item index version [10].”