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ArticleJournal of paediatrics and child health2019

The Multidimensional Illness Severity Questionnaire: Preliminary evaluation of a brief parent-reported measure of illness severity.

Erin T Paquette, Steven Joffe

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Erin T PaquetteDepartment of Paediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0409-5372
Steven JoffeDepartment of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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NICHD NIH HHS L40 HD089260
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aimThis study describes the reliability and concurrent validity of the Multidimensional Illness Severity Questionnaire (MISQ), a five-item measure for capturing parents' reports of their child's illness severity.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of parents of children participating in a paediatric research study (n = 20). We assessed parents' perceptions of illness severity using five measures: (i) the MISQ, (ii) the Lansky Play Performance scale, (iii) the Severity of Illness Scale, (iv) subscales of the Parent Experience of Child Illness and (v) general health. We calculated the internal reliability of the MISQ using Cronbach's alpha and assessed concurrent validity through correlations between scores on the MISQ and other measures.

resultsMISQ scores ranged from 6/21 to 17/21 (mean = 11.5). The MISQ had adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.76) and correlated strongly with other measures.

conclusionPreliminary evaluation suggests that the MISQ is an easy-to-administer and internally consistent multidimensional assessment of parent-reported illness severity.

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Child HealthParentsSeverity of Illness IndexAdolescentAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Services ResearchHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaireshealth outcomehealth services researchillness perceptionillness severity

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PMID30723995
PMCPMC13600559

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