Randomized comparative study of child and caregiver responses to three software functions added to the Japanese version of the electronic Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (ePedsQL) questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) refer to any report of the status of a patient's health condition, health behavior, or experience with healthcare directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient's response by a clinician or any other external party. While many PROs, such as the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), were originally administered in paper-and-pencil format, these are now available as electronic versions (ePROs). Although ePROs might well have used the same structure as their paper versions, we developed an alternate ePedsQL incorporating three software functions: 1) a non-forcing non-response alert, 2) a conditional question branch of the School Functioning Scale that only displays for (pre) school children, and 3) a vertical item-b

SUBMITTER: Sato I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature