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Table 4 Evidence synthesis on the content and structural validity of measures that have been used to assess quality of life in people with DMD

From: Measuring quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a systematic review of the content and structural validity of commonly used instruments

 

Content validity

Structural Validity

PROM

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Comprehensibility

Quality of evidence

Rating of results

Quality of evidence

BDI

±

–

±

Very low

?

?

CALI

+

–

±

Low

?

?

DCGM-37

±

+

+

Low

?

?

EQ-5D-3L

+

–

+

Very low

?

?

FSS

±

–

±

Very low

?

?

GAD-7

+

–

+

Very low

?

?

HADS

–

–

–

Very low

?

?

HUI-2 / HUI-3 (15Q)

–

–

–

Very low

?

?

INQoL

±

±

+

Very low

?

?

KIDSCREEN-52

+

+

+

Low

?

?

KIDSCREEN-27

+

+

+

Low

?

?

KIDSCREEN-10

+

+

+

Low

?

?

LSIA

+

+

+

Moderate

?

?

MDCHILD

±

+

+

Low

?

?

PedsQL 3.0 DMD

±

?

±

Very low

?

?

PedsQL 3.0 MFS

±

–

±

Very low

?

?

PedsQL 3.0 NMM

±

?

±

Moderate

–

High

PedsQL 4.0 GCS

±

+

±

Low

?

Very low

PedsQL 4.0 SF-15

±

+

±

Low

?

?

PHQ-9

+

–

±

Very low

?

?

PODCI

±

+

±

Very low

?

?

PSQI

±

–

±

Very low

?

?

SDQ

–

–

+

Very low

?

?

SF-36 v1.0

±

+

±

Very low

?

?

SWLS

–

–

±

Very low

?

?

WHOQOL-BREF

+

+

±

Very low

?

?

  1. + = satisfactory results; − = unsatisfactory results; ± = inconsistent results;? = indeterminate. PROM = patient reported outcome measure