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ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2023

Reliability, acceptability, validity and responsiveness of the CHU9D and PedsQL in the measurement of quality of life in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity.

Alison Hayes, Rakhee Raghunandan, Anagha Killedar, Sarah Smith, Erin Cvejic, Martin Howell, Stavros Petrou, Emily Lancsar, Germaine Wong, Jonathan Craig and 1 more

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  2. Inequity in quality of life among culturally and linguistically diverse children in Australia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  6. Comparing the measurement properties of the EQ-5D-Y-3L, EQ-5D-Y-5L and CHU9D in children and adolescents: a measurement property study.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2025
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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Alison HayesUniversity of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia. alison.hayes@sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-8679-6040
Rakhee RaghunandanUniversity of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anagha KilledarMenzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2363-8827
Sarah SmithDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Erin CvejicUniversity of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6043-6071
Martin HowellMenzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stavros PetrouNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3121-6050
Emily LancsarDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, Australia National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Germaine WongUniversity of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jonathan CraigCollege of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Kirsten HowardUniversity of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AUAustralian National University · AUFlinders University · AULondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Paediatric Quality of life Inventory (PedsQL SUBJECTS/

methodsSubjects were 6544 child participants of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, with up to 3 repeated measures of PedsQL and CHU9D and aged between 10 and 17 years. Weight and height were measured objectively by trained operators, and weight status determined using World Health Organisation growth standards. We examined reliability, acceptability, known group and convergent validity and responsiveness, using recognised methods.

resultsBoth PedsQL and CHU9D demonstrated good internal consistency reliability, and high acceptability. Neither instrument showed strong convergent validity, but PedsQL appears to be superior to the CHU9D in known groups validity and responsiveness. Compared with healthy weight, mean (95%CI) differences in PedsQL scores for children with obesity were: boys -5.6 (-6.2, -4.4); girls -6.7 (-8.1, -5.4) and differences in CHU9D utility were: boys -0.02 (-0.034, -0.006); girls -0.035 (-0.054, -0.015). Differences in scores for overweight compared with healthy weight were: PedsQL boys -2.2 (-3.0, -1.4) and girls -1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) and CHU9D boys: no significant difference; girls -0.014 (-0.026, -0.003).

conclusionPedsQL and CHU9D overall demonstrated good psychometric properties, supporting their use in measuring HRQoL in paediatric overweight and obesity. CHU9D had poorer responsiveness and did not discriminate between overweight and healthy weight in boys, which may limit its use in economic evaluation.

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Child HealthQuality of LifeAdolescentAustraliaChildFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleObesityOverweightPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaires

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