Journal article
Adaptation and evaluation of a child-friendly patient reported outcome measure for use in Australia
Collegian, Vol.28(1), pp.63-70
2021
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Abstract
Use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to assess symptoms in children are not routinely used in clinical practice, yet children with complex conditions experience a significant number of symptoms.
To adapt and evaluate the Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool (SSPedi), a PRO measure developed in Canada for use with Australian children.
SSPedi wording was adapted and item relevance assessed by an expert clinical group (N = 7) resulting in the Australian version (SSPedi-Aus). Cognitive interviewing with children with cancer (N = 10, 8–18 years) established understanding and difficulty with completing. A second group of child-parent dyads (N = 30) were recruited to evaluate psychometric properties (content validity, test-retest reliability, and parent-proxy) measured with Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI). Acceptability and usefulness of SSPedi-Aus were also assessed.
Construct validity was confirmed across all items by 30 children. Child test-retest achieved excellent concordance (ICC 0.98, 95% CI 0.91 to 0.99). Symptoms causing the most distress as reported by children were different to those identified by parents. Although children and parents returned a similar mean total score (13.43 vs. 13.80), there was weak overall interrater reliability (ICC 0.37, 95% CI −0.26 to 0.70, p = 0.12).
Children are distressed by symptoms that may not be identified by parents or reported to clinicians, yet these symptoms are amendable to intervention. The SSPedi-Aus is useful to assess the level of distress caused by symptoms in children.
Details
- Title
- Adaptation and evaluation of a child-friendly patient reported outcome measure for use in Australia
- Creators
- Natalie K Bradford (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRaymond J Chan (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRick Walker (Author) - Queensland Children's HospitalAnthony Herbert (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyChristine Cashion (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalDian Tjondronegoro (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityPatsy Yates (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication Details
- Collegian, Vol.28(1), pp.63-70
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991012925541902368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; School of Business and Tourism
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article