Table 3.
Criterion validity (Phase IV) for modified Resource Utilization Questionnaire for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (mRUQ-T1DM)
| Resource | Response Frequency | Validation method | Validated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill/cancelled check | Health Insurance/distributor statement | School attendance record | Medical record | N | % | ||
| Direct healthcare | |||||||
| Outpatient visits diabetes | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 100 | ||
| Outpatient visit Pediatrician | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 75 | ||
| Outpatient visit Ophthalmologist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| Other health visits | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Equipment/medications | 6 | 4 | 4 | 67 | |||
| Health insurance premium/deductible | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |||
| Time [indirect] | |||||||
| Communicating diabetes information | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Time lost to diabetes self-management at home | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Productivity | |||||||
| Diabetes related school absence | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |||
| Diabetes self-management at school | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||