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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024

Item Understanding of Common Quality of Life Measures for use with Autistic Adults.

Kelly B Beck, Lauren A Terhorst, Carol M Greco, Jamie L Kulzer, Elizabeth R Skidmore, Michael P McCue

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A Comprehensive Toolkit to Support Self-Report Questionnaires for Autistic Adults With Cognitive Disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026
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  2. The relationship between age of autism diagnosis and life satisfaction in adulthood.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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  6. Correlates of Quality of Life in Autistic Individuals.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2024
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6 authors.

Kelly B BeckDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 303 Webster Hall 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. kellybeck@pitt.edu.
Lauren A TerhorstDepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, USA.
Carol M GrecoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 303 Webster Hall 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Jamie L KulzerDepartment of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, USA.
Elizabeth R SkidmoreDepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, USA.
Michael P McCueDepartment of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh, USA.

Funding

Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001856 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RAY, KRISTIN N, RUBIO, DORIS M · 2016 to 2025
$13.8M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001856NCATS NIH HHS KL2TR001856School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Research Development Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction are important research priorities for autistic adults. As such, we saw a need to evaluate individual items of commonly used subjective QOL scales to understand how they are interpreted and perceived by autistic adults. This study used cognitive interviews and repeated sampling to evaluate the accessibility, test-retest reliability and internal consistency of several common QOL measures in a sample of young autistic adults (n = 20; aged 19-32). Cognitive interviews suggested that the Satisfaction with Life Scale was well understood and demonstrated excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability. While the WHOQoL-BREF and WHOQoL Disability Modules had adequate reliability, cognitive interviews suggested that additional instructions and examples would further enhance their accessibility for use with autistic adults.

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Autistic DisorderPersonal SatisfactionQuality of LifeAdultFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAccessibilityAdultsAutism spectrum disorderCognitive interviewsPatient-reported outcome measuresQuality of life

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PMID37142903
PMCPMC10624642

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