Table 4.

Methodological quality of included measures.

Study	Internal consistency	Reliability	Measurement error	Content validity	Structural validity	Hypothesis testing	Responsiveness	Cross-cultural validity
CHQ-PF50
Drotar et al.19					Fair
Ferro et al.20					Good
McCullough et al.21	Good				Good
Wake et al.22	Poor
ConQOL
Macran et al.23	Poor	Fair		Excellent		Fair
CP-QOL
Waters et al.24	Poor	Fair			Poor	Fair
CP-QOL Teen
Davis et al.25	Poor	Fair			Poor	Good
DISABKIDS
Petersen et al.26	Fair			Excellent	Fair
Ravens-Sieberer et al.27/Schmidt et al.28	Fair	Fair		Excellent	Fair	Fair
Simeoni et al.29	Fair	Fair			Fair	Fair
DISABKIDS Smiley
Chaplin et al.30	Poor			Excellent		Poor
GEOSYP
Townshend et al.31	Poor	Poor		Fair		Fair
HRQOL in children with epilepsy
Ronen et al.32	Fair	Fair				Fair
KIDSCREEN-52
Erhart et al.33					Fair
MSAS 7–12
Collins et al.34	Fair			Fair		Fair
MSAS 10–18
Collins et al.35	Fair	Fair		Fair	Fair	Fair
PCQL-32
Varni et al.36	Poor			Good		Fair
Seid et al.37	Poor					Good
Ped Cardiac QOL Inventory
Marino et al.38	Good			Good		Fair
Marino et al.39		Fair				Fair
Wray et al.40		Fair				Fair
Ped Oncology QOL Scale
Goodwin et al.42	Fair	Poor		Good	Fair	Fair
PedsQL™ Generic Core Scale (child)
Varni et al.42	Fair					Fair
Varni et al.43	Good					Good
Varni et al.44	Poor				Fair	Good
Varni et al.45						Fair
Varni et al.46 (parent)
Amin et al.47	Poor				Fair
Huang et al.7	Good				Excellent	Poor
Varni et al.42	Fair					Fair
Varni et al.43	Good					Good
Varni et al.48	Good					Good
PedsQL™ Brain Tumour Module
Palmer et al.49	Poor					Fair
PedsQL™ Cancer Module
Varni et al.50	Poor					Fair
PedsQL™ Cardiac Module
Uzark et al.51	Fair					Excellent
PedsQL™ Cerebral Palsy Module
Varni et al.52	Poor					Fair
PedsQL™ Neuromuscular Module
Davis et al.54	Poor	Poor				Poor
Dunaway et al.55		Poor
Iannaccone et al.53	Poor	Fair		Good		Fair
Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire
Sabaz et al.56	Poor			Fair		Poor
Sabaz et al.57	Poor					Poor
Royal Marsden Ped Oncology QOL Questionnaire
Watson et al.58	Poor			Fair			Poor

^aTwo papers reporting on the same data.