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Renee N. Saris-Baglama, PhD, Michael A. DeRosa, MA, Anastasia E. Raczek, MEd, and John E. Ware, PhD. Research & Development, QualityMetric Incorporated, 640 George Washington Highway, Suite 201, Lincoln, RI 02865, 401-334-8800, rsbaglama@qualitymetric.com

Objectives: To pilot test the SF-10v2™ for Children, a caregiver-completed, generic measure of children's functional health and well-being, in samples of children with and without disabilities.

Methods: Parents of children age 5 months to 14 years with (N=54) and without disabilities (N=46) (including cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, autism, developmental delays) recruited from an urban children's hospital completed a health survey which included the SF-10v2, via telephone or in-person self-completion and interview. The SF-10v2 contains ten Likert-type scale items adapted from the Child Health Questionnaire that estimate scores for a Physical (PHS) and a Psychosocial (PSS) Summary Measure.

Results: SF-10v2 summary measures were internally consistent across groups with and without disability (PHS: α = .78, .76; PSS: α= .80, .72, respectively) and detected significant impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for children with disabilities, who averaged 1.8 SD lower on PHS and 0.8 SD lower on PSS than children without disabilities (PHS: F=32.98, p<.0001; PSS: F=11.41, p=.0011). Controlling for disability status and unequal sample sizes, there were no significant differences in scores by mode.

Conclusions: Preliminary evidence supports use of the SF-10v2™ for Children for measuring HRQOL in a pediatric population. A large, multi-mode (web and mail) administration of the SF-10v2 and other pediatric health items with parents of 4,000 children is underway to determine whether these results are reproduced. Item response theory methods will be applied to link SF10v2 items to a larger pediatric item pool, enabling comparison with scales from other widely-used surveys.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to describe the content and measurement properties of a new caregiver-completed generic measure of children's health-related quality of life, the SF-10v2™ for Children; describe how scores on the SF-10v2 differ between children with and without disabilities; and describe how item response theory methods can be used to link SF-10v2 items to a larger pediatric item pool, enabling comparison with scales from other widely-used surveys.

Keywords: Child Health, Quality of Life

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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