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. 2009 Jan 22;9:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-6

Table 1.

Overview of questionnaires and interviews applied in the reviewed studies to assess psychological adjustment and quality of life

Diagnostic instruments Studies (Reference numbers)
Psychological adjustment – semi-structured interviews
 Child Assessment Schedule (CAS) [19]
 Child Behavior Problems Interview (CBPI) [18]
Psychological adjustment – proxy-report measures
 Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [19-22,24-33,35,36,38,39]
 Teacher's Report Form (TRF) [21,22,33]
 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) [29,40]
Psychological adjustment – self-report measures
 Child Depression Inventory (CDI) [23,36]
 Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale-revised (CMAS-R) [23]
 Fear Survey Schedule for Children-revised (FSSC-R) [23]
 Frankfurt Scales of Self Concept (FSKS, German) [34]
 High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) [34]
 I Think I Am Scale (ITIAS) [18]
 Self Perception Profile for Children [36]
 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) [34,36]
 Youth Self Report (YSR) [27,34,35]
Quality of life
 Child Health Questionnaire, parent form (CHQ-PF) [41,43,46]
 Child Health Questionnaire, child form (CHQ-CF) [44]
 Inventory for the Assessment of the Quality of life in Children and Adolescents (IQLC) [24]
 Lindström Model of Quality of Life (LMQL) [42]
 LQ-KID and LQ-KID-E [49]
 Pediatric Quality of life Inventory (PedsQL) [28,47]
 Pediatric Cardiac Quality of Life Inventory (PCQLI) [50]
 TNO-AZL Child Quality of Life Questionnaire (TACQOL) [45,48]