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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2016 Jan 2;25(7):1655–1665. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-1221-2

Table 2.

Child parallel forms.

Form A Form B
Depressive
Symptoms
I felt unhappy. I felt lonely.
I felt alone. I felt sad.
It was hard for me to have fun. I thought that my life was bad.
I felt stressed. It was hard to do school work because I felt
sad.
I felt too sad to eat. I didn’t care about anything.

Fatigue I was too tired to do the things I like
to do.
Being tired made it hard for me to play or
go out with my friends.
Being tired made it hard for me to
keep up with my school work.
I had trouble starting things because I was
too tired.
I felt weak. I had trouble finishing things because I was
too tired.
I got tired easily. I was so tired it was hard for me to pay
attention.
I was too tired to do things outside. I was too tired to do sports or exercise.

Mobility I could get up from the floor. I have been physically able to do the
activities I enjoy most.
I could bend over to pick something
up.
I could get in and out of a car.
I could walk up stairs without
holding on to anything.
I could get down on my knees without
holding onto something.
I could keep up when I played with
other kids.
I could go up one step.
I could turn my head all the way to
the side.
I could stand up on my tiptoes.
I could stand up by myself. I could move my legs.

Note: All items included the context “In the past 7 days”. Response options for depressive symptoms and fatigue were never, almost never, sometimes, often, and almost always. Response options for mobility were with no trouble, with a little trouble, with some trouble, with a lot of trouble, and not able to do.