Medición de la calidad de vida en niños y adolescentes: comprobación preliminar de la validez y fiabilidad de la versión española del cuestionario KINDL

This article documents the initial development of a Spanish mental health quality of life (QOL) instrument based on the adolescents’ own assessment of important domains to their QOL. Using a grounded theory approach, we targeted five mental health disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). In-depth interviews (n=40) and three focus groups (n=20) were conducted and analyzed using qualitative methods to guide the development of items. A convenient sample of island Puerto Rican adolescents aged 12–18 was recruited from outpatient mental health clinics. Qualitative analysis revealed a total of 87 themes. They were distributed based on core QOL domains such as (1) Self (2) Peers, (3) Family (4) School, and (5) Environment. Items were written based on prevailing themes and using as closely as possible, words and phrases used by the adolescents to describe their views and perceptions of quality of life. The goal for the AQOL-MHS is to pinpoint specific areas of health related QOL for each psychiatric diagnostic group that will provide valuable information to assist both patients and providers set, define and evaluate adequate mental health treatment goals.

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Starting from Scratch: The Development of the Adolescent Quality of Life-Mental Health Scale (AQOL-MHS)

Chávez

Mir

Canino

2012

Cult Med Psychiatry

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Medición de la calidad de vida en niños y adolescentes: comprobación preliminar de la validez y fiabilidad de la versión española del cuestionario KINDL

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