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. 2018 Nov 19;28(2):399–410. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2025-y

Table 2.

Similarities and differences in conceptual coverage of health-related quality of life instruments used in diseases analogous to PK deficiency

Health status/HRQoL domains/symptoms WHOQOL-Bref [42] SF-36v2 [43] EORTC QLQ C30 [44, 45] CHQ [46, 47] PedsQL [46, 48] PedsQL MFS [49, 50] PedsFACIT-F [51] PedsQL SCD [52] ASCQ-Me [53] FROM-16 [54]
Physical well-being
Psychological distress
Impact on daily activities
Impact on school/productivity
Impact on work/productivity
Impact on self-image
Impact on social life
Perceived general health/HRQoL
Cognitive impairment
Family life impacts
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Pain (abdomen, chest, headache)
Sleep disturbance
Depression

In general, a concept was considered to have been addressed by an item if there was at least 1 item addressing that concept in a particular PRO measure

SF-36 short-form medical outcome, WHOQOL-BREF WHO Quality of Life-BREF, FACT-An functional assessment of cancer therapy-anemia, FROM-16 Family-Reported Outcome Measure-16, PedsQL Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, MFS Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, pedsFACIT-F pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue, CHQ Children’s Health Questionnaire, ASCQ-Me adult sickle cell quality of life measurement information system, FROM family-reported outcome measure