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.