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Table 8 COSMIN ratings of the relevance, comprehensiveness, and comprehensibility of instruments used to assess carer quality of life in DMD

From: Measuring carer quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of self-report instruments using COSMIN

Instrument

Instrument development study

Reviewer ratings

Overall ratings

Quality of evidence

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Comprehensibility

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Comprehensibility

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Comprehensibility

BDI

?

?

± (+)

+

±

+

Very lowa

CarerQoL

±

+

+

±

±

±

±

±

±

Very low

CSI

±

?

?

±

± (+)

±

±

±

±

Very low

CSI+

?

?

±

±

±

±

-

Very low

CWBS

±

?

+

± (+)

± (−)

+

±

±

+

Very low

DUKE

±

?

?

± (+)

± (+)

± (+)

±

±

±

Very low

EQ-5D-3L

?

?

?

±

± (+)

±

±

Very lowa

EQ-5D-5L

±

?

+

±

± (+)

± (+)

±

±

±

Low

ESS

±

?

?

±

± (−)

+

±

±

+

Very low

ESSI

±

?

?

±

± (−)

±

±

±

±

Very low

FAPGAR

±

?

?

±

± (−)

±

±

±

±

Very low

FPQ

±

?

?

±

±

±

±

±

±

Very low

FSFI

±

?

?

±

±

±

±

Very low

HADS

?

?

± (+)

+

±

+

Very lowa

K6

±

?

?

+

±

± (+)

+

±

±

Very low

PAS

±

?

?

+

± (+)

+

±

Very low

PedsQL FIM

?

?

+

± (+)

+

±

±

+

Very low

PPC

±

?

?

+

±

± (+)

+

±

±

Very low

PSQI

±

?

?

±

± (−)

± (+)

±

±

±

Very low

PSS

±

?

?

± (+)

+

±

+

Very low

QRS

±

?

+

±

±

± (−)

±

±

±

Very low

SCL-90-R

±

?

?

±

± (−)

± (+)

±

±

±

Very low

SF-12

?

?

±

±

±

±

Very low

SF-36

?

?

?

±

± (−)

± (+)

±

±

±

Very lowa

SNQ

?

?

± (+)

± (−)

+

±

±

+

Very low

STAI-X (state)

±

?

?

±

+

±

+

Very low

STAI-X (trait)

±

?

?

±

± (+)

±

±

Very low

SWLS

?

?

± (−)

± (+)

±

±

Very lowa

WHOQOL-BREF

±

?

?

± (+)

± (-)

± (+)

±

±

±

Very lowa

WAC-DBMD

?

?

± (+)

±

±

+

Very low

ZBI (4 item)

?

?

± (+)

± (+)

±

±

Very low

ZBI (12 item)

?

?

±

?

±

±

?

+

Very low

ZBI (22 item)

?

?

±

± (+)

±

±

Very low

  1. +, satisfactory results; −, unsatisfactory results; ±, inconsistent results; ± (+), inconsistent results trending towards satisfactory; ± (−), inconsistent results trending towards unsatisfactory; ?, indeterminate
  2. aDevelopment study and quality of evidence based on ratings in Powell et al. [20]