Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Test
In about 5 minutes, this test clarifies a child’s quality of life across physical, emotional, social, and school functioning. With 23 quick items, it helps spot concerns fast and track changes over time.
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
role-playing (r)
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28.9
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10.8 — 47.1
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social (s)
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74.5
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61 — 88
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emotional (e)
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34.5
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19.5 — 49.5
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Psychosocial Quality of Life Scale (PQoLS)
Average
47.8
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33.8 — 61.7
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Physical Quality of Life Scale (PQoLS)
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44.9
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28.2 — 61.5
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100
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Overall Quality of Life (OQoL)
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47
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31.8 — 62.1
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100
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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this questionnaire measure?
It measures health-related quality of life across physical, emotional, social, and role functioning. It summarizes how daily life is affected in each area.
Who should complete the questionnaire?
It is intended for children and adolescents ages 8 to 18. It may be used with both healthy groups and those with acute or chronic health conditions.
How long does it take and how many items are included?
It includes 23 items and usually takes about 5 minutes to complete. Items are brief and focus on recent functioning.
What time period should be considered when answering?
Responses should reflect experiences during the past month unless different instructions are provided. Use the same reference period for all items.
How should the results be interpreted and used?
Scores help identify domains with more reported difficulty and can support screening and progress monitoring over time. Results should be interpreted with clinical judgment and other available information.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
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Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Test - Symptoms and Signs
This measure is used to assess pediatric health-related quality of life across multiple functional domains. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) provides standardized self-report or proxy-report ratings of a child’s day-to-day functioning in clinical and community contexts.
The version described is a 23 items questionnaire that typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Content generally covers physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, and school functioning, supporting screening and routine outcome monitoring.
Developed by James W. Varni, the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) can be used to identify areas of relative strength and difficulty and to track change over time, with interpretation integrated with clinical history and other sources of information.
Author: James W. Varni
Literature: Varni, J. W., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P. S. PedsQL 4.0: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 generic core scales in healthy and patient populations. Medical Care. 2001.
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