title: DISABKIDS smiley questionnaire: the TAKE 6 assisted health-related quality of life measure for 4 to 7-year-olds.
abstract: The DISABKIDS Smiley TAKE 6 was developed to meet the need for a research instrument to measure the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) of children 4-7 years old. TAKE 6 is a European generic assisted-report questionnaire with a proxy version. The items of TAKE 6, scored using a five-point Likert scale, cover a single HrQoL domain. Child and parent focus groups identified the statements which, following a European pilot study, were reduced to six items. A field study of 435 children with a chronic disease in seven European countries revealed that the questionnaire had good reliability (inter-class correlation 0.69), had convergent validity with the KINDL-R (child quality of life questionnaire-revised) (rho 0.60) and satisfactory construct validity showing separation between severity and different medical conditions. The questionnaire was understandable by young children and could be completed within two minutes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Peadiatrics, Göteborg University, Sweden. john.chaplin@vgregion.se
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: Hendrik M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Koopman
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires