title: A systematic review of generic multidimensional patient-reported outcome measures for children, part II: evaluation of psychometric performance of English-language versions in a general population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this systematic review were 1) to identify studies that assess the psychometric performance of the English-language version of 35 generic multidimensional patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for children and young people in general populations and evaluate their quality and 2) to summarize the psychometric properties of each PROM.
  
  
  METHODS
  MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO were searched. The methodological quality of the articles was assessed using the COnsensus-based Standards for selection of health Measurement INstruments checklist. For each PROM, extracted evidence of content validity, construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, proxy reliability, responsiveness, and precision was judged against standardized reference criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found no evidence for 14 PROMs. For the remaining 21 PROMs, 90 studies were identified. The methodological quality of most studies was fair. Quality was generally rated higher in more recent studies. Not reporting how missing data were handled was the most common reason for downgrading the quality. None of the 21 PROMs has had all psychometric properties evaluated; data on construct validity and internal consistency were most frequently reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, consistent positive findings for at least five psychometric properties were found for Child Health and Illness Profile, Healthy Pathways, KIDSCREEN, and Multi-dimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale. None of the PROMs had been evaluated for responsiveness to detect change in general populations. Further well-designed studies with transparent reporting of methods and results are required.
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. Electronic address: a.janssens@exeter.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Morwenna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson Coon
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Crispin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jenkinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tennant
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.affiliation: University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011594:Psychometrics; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
keywords: children and young people; measurement properties; patient-reported outcomes; review