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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2017 Jun 2;175(2):279–292. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31561

Table 1.

Administration schedule for standardized psychosocial assessment.

Measure Assesses Focus Informant Administration Schedule
Patient Age (yrs) Initial Follow-Up
Psychosocial Assessment Toola Psychosocial risk factors: Family Structure & Resources; Family Social Support; Family Problems; Parent Stress Reactions; Family Beliefs; Child Problems; Sibling Problems Family Parent All First visit Annual

Support and Resource Assessmentb Degree to which social support systems and educational resources are accessed Parent Parent All First visit Annual

Patient Health Questionnaire-4c Depression and anxiety screen Parent Parent All First visit Annual

Knowledge of Conditiond
Caregiver Report Knowledge of diagnosis and understanding of cause; parental impression of child’s understanding Parent
Patient
Parent All ≥6 mos after first visit Annual


Self-Report Patient Patient ≥10

Child Behavior Checkliste Competencies: Activities, Social, School;
Behavior problems: Internalizing, Externalizing, Total
Patient Parent 1.5 – 18 First visit Annual

Self-Perception Profilef Global self-worth; Domain-specific self-concept (eg, social & job competence) Patient Patient 8 – 18 First visit 2 years

Body Image Scaleg Satisfaction with primary- and secondary- sex-related characteristics and hormonally unresponsive body features Patient Patient Girls ≥10
Boys ≥12
≥6 mos after first visit 2 years

Multidimensional Gender Identity Scaleh Gender typicality; experience of gender identity discontent; pressure to conform to gender stereotypes Patient Patient 8 – 18 ≥6 mos after first visit 2 years

Youth Self-Reporte Competencies: Activities, Social, School;
Behavior problems: Internalizing, Externalizing, Total
Patient Patient 11 – 18 First visit Annual