Pediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ)

Name of Questionnaire

Pediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PADQLQ)

Description

Measure of health-related quality of life that encompasses effects of allergic disease on a child's or teenager's eyes, ears, nose, lungs, skin, emotions, and everyday activities. Used with children ages 6-16 years with seasonal or perennial allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and/or asthma, and/or dermatologic problems.

Developer

Graham Roberts, Catriona Hurley, Gideon Lack

Address

Graham Roberts

Academic Child Health, Level F South Academic Block, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Tremona Road , Southampton , UK

E-mail

g.c.roberts@soton.ac.uk

Cost & availability

Provided as Appendix in Ref¹

Administration

Self, without parental assistance

Time to complete

Not reported

Number of items

26

Domains & categories

3

Name of categories/domains

Practical Problems; Symptoms, and Emotional problems

Scaling of items

7-point Likert scale from not troubled to extremely troubled

Scoring

All items are weighted equally. Overall mean score is calculated across all items.

Reliability

Validity

Construct validity – significant correlations with previously validated measures of pediatric rhinitis (Juniper ARQLQ or PRQLQ) and asthma (Juniper PAQLQ) quality of life questionnaires as well as visual analog scale ratings, symptom scores, and significant differences were noted with repeated measures based on change in pollen counts.¹

Responsiveness

Reported¹

Minimally important difference

Reflected by a change in score of 0.33 on a 7-point scale.¹

Research use

Not reported

Clinical use

Not reported

Language

Not reported

References

1. Roberts G, Hurley C, Lack G. Development of a quality-of-life assessment for the allergic child or teenager with multi-system allergic disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111: 491-7.
2. Roberts G, Mylonopoulou M, Hurley C, Lack G. Impairment in quality of life is directly related to the level of allergen exposure and allergic airway inflammation. Clin Exp Allergy. 2005 Oct;35(10):1295-300.

Date of information

November 2005