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. 2023 Sep 26;10(10):1604. doi: 10.3390/children10101604

Table 4.

Time to complete instrument by survey, child age, report type, sample recruitment pathway, and sample type.

Time to Complete Instrument in Seconds, Median (IQR)
Instrument Survey Child Age Report Type Sample Recruitment Pathway Online Panel Sample Type
Initial Follow-Up 5–12 years 13–18 years Self-Report Proxy Report Hospital * Online Panel General Population ** Condition Specific ***
PedsQL (23 items) 96.7 (73.8, 133.5) 90.3 (68.6, 123.4) 96.5 (73.1, 135.8) 97.1 (75.1, 129.5) 96.2 (73.3, 137.6) 97.5 (74.8, 127.1) 125.6 (94.7, 186.4) 93.6 (71.9, 126.5) 90.9 (68.8, 126.7) 94.9 (73.3, 126.3)
EQ-5D-Y-3L (including EQ VAS) (6 items) 46.7 (34.4, 65.8) 43.0 (31.1, 60.9) 46.6 (35.1, 66.6) 46.7 (35.1, 64.9) 46.3 (34.1, 66.2) 47.5 (35.3, 65.3) 58.9 (43.2, 88.7) 45.5 (33.5, 62.9) 42.4 (30.9, 59.1) 46.5 (34.6, 64.3)
EQ-5D-Y-5L (no EQ VAS) (5 items) 29.0 (20.9, 41.8) 27.7 (19.8, 40.8) 29.1 (20.8, 42.4) 28.7 (21.0, 41.2) 29.1 (20.9, 42.4) 28.9 (20.9, 40.4) 36.6 (26.0, 55.4) 28.1 (20.5, 40.1) 25.3 (18.3, 36.3) 29.4 (21.5, 41.4)
CHU9D (9 items) 56.3 (41.5, 79.3) 52.0 (38.4, 75.4) 56.3 (41.1, 80.5) 56.5 (42.5, 77.8) 56.2 (41.4, 80.8) 56.6 (41.8, 77.2) 72.7 (53.1, 101.5) 54.1 (40.3, 75.5) 50.1 (37.1, 72.6) 56.0 (42.0, 76.4)
AQoL-6D (20 items) 147.2 (107.0, 208.2) 132.9 (96.8, 190.6) 146 (102.9, 205.1) 151.6 (111.4, 215.1) 141.6 (101.8, 201.9) 157.9 (115.7, 215.5) n/a n/a 135.9 (99.1, 183.7) 152.5 (111.3, 217.8)
HUI 2/3 (15 items) 112.4 (75.5, 167.2) 94.1 (63.5, 144.8) 109.5 (73.8, 163.7) 117.7 (79.2, 173.5) 111.9 (75.7, 163.5) 113.6 (75.0, 171.8) n/a n/a 96.5 (68.3, 147.4) 120.0 (81.2, 173.1)
PROMIS-25 (25 items) 98.7 (74, 133.2) 93.3 (70.4, 133.6) 96.8 (72.0, 131.4) 100.7 (77.1, 134.4) 94.5 (71.2, 128.8) 106.1 (80.6, 140.8) n/a n/a 94.8 (69.8, 128.1) 100.1 (75.8, 135.3)

Abbreviations: AQoL-6D—Assessment of Quality of Life; CHU9D—Child Health Utility; EQ-5D-Y—EQ-5D Youth; HUI2/3—Health Utilities Index Mark 2/3; n/a—not applicable; PedsQL—Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory; PROMIS-25—Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System 25; VAS—visual analogue scale. * Sample 1 (recruited via the hospital pathway), ** Sample 2 (general population sample recruited via the online panel pathway), *** Sample 3 (condition-specific samples recruited via the online panel pathway).