Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Version 4 (PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core) Parent and Child-Report
The PedsQL 4.0 is a rating scale that assesses health-related quality of life (HRQL) in healthy children and adolescents as well as those with chronic medical conditions30. Both the caregiver and child completed the 23-item PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core questionnaire to assess reported physical, emotional, social, and school functioning. The child self-report version of the PedsQL has versions for each age range (5-7, 8-12, and 13-18). Likert-type items are reverse-scored and transformed to a 0-100 scale so that higher scores indicate greater health-related quality of life. Summary scores including total health, physical health, and psychosocial health were also calculated and established cutoff scores were used to assess scores outside of the normal range31. The PedsQL has demonstrated appropriate reliability and validity in use with this population32.