title: Psychosocial Assessment Tool 2.0_General: validity of a psychosocial risk screener in a pediatric kidney transplant sample.
abstract: To present the preliminary psychometric properties of the PAT2.0_GEN, a brief, caregiver completed screener of psychosocial for children who were recipients of kidney transplants. Caregivers of 45 children and adolescents with kidney transplants completed the PAT2.0_GEN and the PedsQL. Internal consistency and predictive validity of the PAT2.0 were examined. Internal consistency for the PAT2.0_GEN Total score was strong. Internal consistency for the PAT2.0_GEN subscales ranged from 0.31 to 0.82. Evidence supporting convergent validity was observed; higher PAT2.0_GEN scores were significantly associated with lower caregiver- and self-rated patient quality of life and poorer family communication. PAT2.0_GEN scores were also associated with an increased likelihood that a patient received or had been independently referred for psychological services within two yr of completing the PAT2.0_GEN. The PAT2.0_GEN Total score is a promising screening tool for psychosocial risk in the pediatric kidney transplant population.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Promotion of Treatment Adherence and Self-Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA. ahna.pai@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Ahna L H
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Alayna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tackett
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ittenbach
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goebel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D012984:Software