Kids-CAT: Development and Validation of the first German-speaking Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT) for the assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in healthy and chronically ill children and adolescents.

• Conditions: E14; J40-J47; M05-M14; Unspecified diabetes mellitus; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Inflammatory polyarthropathies

• Registration Number: DRKS00006326
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-08-01
• Study Completion: 2014-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1505

Inclusion Criteria

Clinical sample: The participant must be diagnosed with asthma, arthritis, or diabetes based on ICD-10.
Both parent and child must enrol in the study together and be able to listen, speak, and read German.
Both children/adolescents and parents must consent to the study participation by completing and signing an informed consent form prior to study participation.

School-based sample: Parents must consent to the study participation by completing and signing an informed consent form prior to study participation.
Child must be able to listen, speak, and read German.

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
(1) The development of a computer-adaptive test (CAT) assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for children and adolescents<br>(2) The assessment of reliability (internal consistency reliability with Cronbach <br>alpha) and validity (factorial validity by confirmatory factor analyses; construct validity by correlations of the Kids-CAT with other well established quality of life instruments, e.g. the Peds-QL, Kidscreen-27 and Kindl-R) of the HRQOL-CAT among children and adolescents with asthma, arthritis and diabetes<br>(3) To collect norm data in healthy children and adolescents

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Implementation of the HRQOL-CAT in routine care to test its feasibility and <br>influences on the patient care process (e.g., physician-patient-communication).