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Readability of Commonly Used Quality of Life Outcome Measures for Youth Self-Report

Abstract

Self-report measures are central in capturing young people's perspectives on mental health concerns and treatment outcomes. For children and adolescents to complete such measures meaningfully and independently, the reading difficulty must match their reading ability. Prior research suggests a frequent mismatch for mental health symptom measures. Similar analyses are lacking for measures of Quality of Life (QoL). We analysed the readability of …

Authors

Krause KR; Jacob J; Szatmari P; Hayes D

Journal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 15,

Publisher

MDPI

DOI

10.3390/ijerph19159555

ISSN

1661-7827