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PROMIS® Parent Proxy Report Scales: an item response theory analysis of the parent proxy report item banksJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Qual Life Res 21:1223-40. 2012....
Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banksDebra E Irwin
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:22. 2012....- PedsQL gastrointestinal symptoms module item development: qualitative methodsJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 54:664-71. 2012.... - Health-related quality of life of pediatric patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: comparisons to four common chronic diseasesJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
Eur J Pediatr 171:485-92. 2012..These results demonstrate the significant negative impact of plaque psoriasis on the daily lives of these children from the patients' perspective... - PedsQL™ Cognitive Functioning Scale in pediatric liver transplant recipients: feasibility, reliability, and validityJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Qual Life Res 20:913-21. 2011..The objective of the present study was to determine the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQL™ Cognitive Functioning Scale in pediatric liver transplant recipients... - Health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients compared with other chronic disease groupsChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Pediatr Transplant 15:245-53. 2011.... - Cross-sectional analysis of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipientsEstella M Alonso
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children s Plaza, Box 65, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
J Pediatr 156:270-6.e1. 2010..To investigate the distribution of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients compared with a normative population... - The PedsQL as a patient-reported outcome in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia: an analysis of OMERACT domainsJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:9. 2007..The focus of these deliberations was exclusively on adult patients, and to our knowledge, these domains have not been previously tested within a multidimensional framework in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia... - Factorial invariance of child self-report across socioeconomic status groups: a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
J Behav Med 31:401-11. 2008..Based on these data, it can be concluded that children across SES groups interpreted items on the PedsQL in a similar manner... - Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions: a comparative analysis of 10 disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:43. 2007..Comparisons were also benchmarked with healthy children data... - Using factor analysis to confirm the validity of children's self-reported health-related quality of life across different modes of administrationJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
Clin Trials 6:185-95. 2009..That is, they must demonstrate factorial invariance (stable factor structure) across mode of administration... - Factorial invariance of child self-report across age subgroups: a confirmatory factor analysis of ages 5 to 16 years utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Value Health 11:659-68. 2008..This study examined age subgroup factorial invariance of child self-report for ages 5 to 16 years on more than 8,500 children utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales... - PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference Scale: an item response theory analysis of the pediatric pain item bankJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
J Pain 11:1109-19. 2010..It is anticipated that this new scale will have application in pediatric chronic and recurrent pain... - Longitudinal factorial invariance of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales child self-report Version: one year prospective evidence from the California State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)James W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
Qual Life Res 17:1153-62. 2008.... - The pediatric quality of life inventory: measuring pediatric health-related quality of life from the perspective of children and their parentsJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 56:843-63. 2009.... - Parent proxy-report of their children's health-related quality of life: an analysis of 13,878 parents' reliability and validity across age subgroups using the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:2. 2007..Data from the PedsQL DatabaseSM were utilized to test the reliability and validity of parent proxy-report at the individual age subgroup level for ages 2-16 years as recommended by recent FDA guidelines... - The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in type 1 diabetes: feasibility, reliability, and validityJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Pediatr Diabetes 10:321-8. 2009..The objective of the present study was to determine the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in type 1 diabetes... - The PedsQL Family Impact Module: preliminary reliability and validityJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:55. 2004..The PedsQL Family Impact Module measures parent self-reported physical, emotional, social, and cognitive functioning, communication, and worry. The Module also measures parent-reported family daily activities and family relationships... - Measuring health-related quality of life in children with ESRD: performance of the generic and ESRD-specific instrument of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)Stuart L Goldstein
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:285-97. 2008..Minimal data exist to describe health-related quality of life in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)... - The PedsQL multidimensional fatigue scale in pediatric obesity: feasibility, reliability and validityJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:34-42. 2010..The objective of the present study was to determine the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric obesity... - The PedsQL™ Infant Scales: feasibility, internal consistency reliability, and validity in healthy and ill infantsJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Qual Life Res 20:45-55. 2011..The objective of this study was to report on the initial feasibility, internal consistency reliability, and validity of the PedsQL™ Infant Scales in healthy, acutely ill, and chronically ill infants... - The PedsQL as a patient-reported outcome in children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a population-based studyJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:26. 2006.... - Construction of the eight-item patient-reported outcomes measurement information system pediatric physical function scales: built using item response theoryEsi Morgan Dewitt
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 64:794-804. 2011..To create self-report physical function (PF) measures for children using modern psychometric methods for item analysis as part of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS)... - The PedsQL in pediatric patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Neuromuscular Module and Generic Core ScalesSarah E Davis
Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9063, USA
J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 11:97-109. 2010..0 Neuromuscular Module (NMM) in assessing health-related quality of life in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) population for use as a secondary outcome measure in phase III clinical trials... - Patient-reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in pediatric patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and comorbid psychiatric disorders: feasibility, reliability, and validityChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Value Health 14:521-30. 2011..The secondary objective was to evaluate parent proxy-reported PedsQL in this population... 
Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a comparative analysisJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:451-8. 2006..These findings suggest the need for targeted interventions to address these dimensions of impaired HRQOL...- The ePedsQL in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Internet administrationJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Diabetes Care 31:672-7. 2008..The electronic version of the PedsQL 4.0 (ePedsQL) was designed for Internet administration... - How young can children reliably and validly self-report their health-related quality of life?: an analysis of 8,591 children across age subgroups with the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:1. 2007..Data from the PedsQL DatabaseSM were utilized to test the hypothesis that children as young as 5 years of age can reliably and validly report their HRQOL... - The PedsQL in pediatric patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Neuromuscular ModuleSusan T Iannaccone
Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Neuromuscul Disord 19:805-12. 2009..For the purposes of a clinical trial, the PedsQL Neuromuscular Module and Generic Core Scales provide an integrated measurement model with the advantages of both generic and condition-specific instruments... - The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy ModuleJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, College Station, 77843 3137, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 48:442-9. 2006..0 distinguished between healthy children and children with CP. Construct validity of the CP Module was supported. Sensitivity of the PedsQL was demonstrated among children with different diagnostic categories and gross motor function... - Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: hearing the voices of the childrenJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:592-7. 2005..1) and hemiplegia (mean 72.4). Parent-child concordance was lowest for emotional functioning. Providers and parents should obtain the children's HRQOL perceptions whenever possible... - Health-related quality of life measurement in pediatric clinical practice: an appraisal and precept for future research and applicationJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:34. 2005.... - Health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning from the perspective of parents of school-aged children with Asperger's Syndrome utilizing the PedsQLChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1529-41. 2009..The results demonstrate the initial measurement properties of the PedsQL in school-aged children with Asperger's Syndrome... - A comparative analysis of health-related quality of life and family impact between children with ADHD treated in a general pediatric clinic and a psychiatric clinic utilizing the PedsQLChristine A Limbers
Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
J Atten Disord 15:392-402. 2011..To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) from the perspective of children with ADHD and their parents being seen in a Pediatric Clinic in comparison to healthy children and children with ADHD being seen in a Psychiatric Clinic... - Factorial invariance of child self-report across race/ethnicity groups: a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis approach utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core ScalesChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:575-81. 2009..This study examined the factorial invariance of child self-reported HRQOL across race/ethnicity groups for ages 5-18 years utilizing the 23-item PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales... - The PedsQL 4.0 as a school population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validityJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
Qual Life Res 15:203-15. 2006.... - Literature review: health-related quality of life measurement in pediatric oncology: hearing the voices of the childrenJames W Varni
College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137 USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:1151-63. 2007.... - The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in young adults: feasibility, reliability and validity in a University student populationJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Qual Life Res 17:105-14. 2008.... - The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric rheumatology: reliability and validityJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
J Rheumatol 31:2494-500. 2004..CONCLUSION: The results confirm the initial reliability and validity of the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric rheumatology... - The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version: feasibility, reliability and validity in a university student populationJames W Varni
College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
J Health Psychol 14:611-22. 2009..The results demonstrate the measurement properties of the PedsQL Young Adult Version... - Fatigue and health-related quality of life in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseaseSeth B Marcus
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 7:554-61. 2009..This study examined the degree of fatigue and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)... - Development of the PedsQL™ sickle cell disease module items: qualitative methodsJulie A Panepinto
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Wisconsin of the Children s Research Institute Medical College of Wisconsin, Hematology Oncology Bone Marrow Transplantation, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Qual Life Res 21:341-57. 2012..The objective of this qualitative study was to develop the items and support the content validity of the PedsQL™ Sickle Cell Disease Module for pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD)... - Evaluation of the built environment at a children's convalescent hospital: development of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory parent and staff satisfaction measures for pediatric health care facilitiesJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, College Station 77843 3137, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 25:10-20. 2004..53; p <.001; r =.51; p <.01, respectively). The implications of the findings for the architectural design and evaluation of pediatric health care facilities are discussed... - The PedsQL in pediatric asthma: reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory generic core scales and asthma moduleJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
J Behav Med 27:297-318. 2004..The results demonstrate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the PedsQL required for an outcome measure in pediatric asthma clinical trials and research... - The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validityJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture and the Department of Pediatrics, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:329-41. 2003.... - Report from a multi-institutional randomized clinical trial examining computer-assisted problem-solving skills training for English- and Spanish-speaking mothers of children with newly diagnosed cancerMartha A Askins
Department of Pediatrics, Unit 87, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030 4009, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 34:551-63. 2009..To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA)-based supplement for maternal Problem-Solving Skills Training (PSST) and to explore Spanish-speaking mothers' experiences with it... - Factorial invariance of child self-report across healthy and chronic health condition groups: a confirmatory factor analysis utilizing the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core ScalesChristine A Limbers
College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:630-9. 2008..The objective of the present study was to examine the factorial invariance of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales for child self-report across 11,433 children ages 5-18 with chronic health conditions and healthy children... - Health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in children with suspected sleep-disordered breathingValerie McLaughlin Crabtree
Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine and Kosair Children s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40202, USA
Sleep 27:1131-8. 2004..However, the impact of SDB on mood and quality of life and the confounder effect of obesity in this setting are unclear... - Health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning in pediatric short stature: comparison of growth-hormone-naïve, growth-hormone-treated, and healthy samplesMatthew D Stephen
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, The Children s Hospital at Scott and White and The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 2401 S 31st St, Temple, TX 76508, USA
Eur J Pediatr 170:351-8. 2011..0 Generic Score Scales and PedsQL™ Cognitive Functioning Scale in routine assessment of children with short stature in order to identify children at increased risk for impaired HRQOL and cognitive functioning... - The PedsQL in pediatric cancer pain: a prospective longitudinal analysis of pain and emotional distressJames W Varni
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 25:239-46. 2004..These results suggest that both pain and emotional distress should be targeted for treatment interventions concurrently to enhance long-term health-related quality of life of the pediatric patient with cancer... - Beyond distance: children's school travel mode choiceChanam Lee
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture, Texas A and M University, 014 Williams Administration Building, College Station, TX 77843 3137, USA
Ann Behav Med 45:S55-67. 2013..Long distance is a leading environmental barrier to walking to school and requires long-term, multilevel interventions. Meanwhile, childhood obesity remains highly prevalent, calling for more immediate solutions... - The PedsQL in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and type 1 Diabetes ModuleJames W Varni
Colleges of Architecture and Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 3137, USA
Diabetes Care 26:631-7. 2003..The PedsQL 3.0 Type 1 Diabetes Module was designed to measure diabetes-specific HRQOL... - Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with long-standing pancreatitisJohn F Pohl
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Primary Children s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84113 1103, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 54:657-63. 2012..There are limited data on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in pediatric patients with long-standing pancreatitis (including acute relapsing and chronic pancreatitis) using age-appropriate measurement instruments... - Context-specific correlates of walking behaviors to and from school: do they vary across neighborhoods and populations?Xuemei Zhu
Dept of Architecture, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:S59-71. 2011..To address this knowledge gap, this study compared 4 elementary school settings (low-income inner-city; mid- to low-income, urban with and without freeway in attendance area; and high-income suburban) in Austin, Texas... - Effect of aripiprazole 2 to 15 mg/d on health-related quality of life in the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder in children: a post hoc analysis of two controlled trialsJames W Varni
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas
Clin Ther 34:980-92. 2012..There are limited published data on the impact of treatment on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in individuals with autistic disorder... - Promoting healthy lifestyles: Behavior modification and motivational interviewing in the treatment of childhood obesityChristine A Limbers
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, 3137 TAMU, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, 77843 3137 USA
J Clin Lipidol 2:169-78. 2008..Concerted efforts are clearly needed to elucidate the mechanisms for maintenance of initial treatment gains, as well as the ultimate achievement of more ideal weight once formal treatment ceases...