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. 2019 Dec 17;45(3):340–357. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsz096

Table III.

Ratings Based on Hunsley and Mash’s (2018) Criteria for Evidence-Based Assessments of Adherence Behaviors, Adherence Barriers, Disease Management Skills, and Treatment Responsibility

Measure and Authors Number of Items/ Respondent Internal Consistency Interrater Reliability Test–Retest Reliability Content Validity Construct Validity Validity Generalization Treatment Sensitivity Clinical Utility
Asthma
Adherence Behaviors Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ; Skinner et al., 2004) 20 items; caregiver report *** *** *** ** **
Family Asthma Management System Scale (FAMSS; Klinnert, McQuaid, & Gavin, 1997; McQuaid, Walders, Kopel, Fritz, & Klinnert, 2005) Semi-structured intervention with parents of children with asthma ages 11-17 *** *** *** *** *** ** **
Medication Intake Survey – Asthma (MIS-A; Dima et al., 2017) 6 items; youth ages ≥ 12 and parents of children ages 6-12 *** ** **
Pediatric Inhaler Adherence Questionnaire (Martinez, Sossa, & Rand, 2008) 6 items; parent-report ** *** ** **
Adherence Barriers Illness Management Survey (IMS; Logan, Zelikovsky, Labay, & Spergel, 2003) 36 items; youth-report *** ** *** *** *** **
Parent Barriers to Managing Asthma (Bursch, Schwankovsky, Gilbert, & Zeiger, 1999) 9 items; parent-report ** *** ** **
Parent Belief in Treatment Efficacy (Bursch et al., 1999) 5 items; parent-report ** *** ** **
Disease Management Skills Child and Parent Asthma Self-Efficacy Scale (Bursch et al., 1999) 13 items on the parent version; 14 items on the child version *** *** ** **
Reasoning About Managing Asthma (Kintner, Cook, Hull, & Meeder, 2013) 8 items; youth-report ** *** ** ** **
Treatment Responsibility Asthma Responsibility Questionnaire (McQuaid, Penza-Clyve, Nassau, & Fritz, 2001) 10 items; youth- and parent-report *** *** *** *** **
Cystic fibrosis
Disease Management Skills Knowledge of Disease Management – CF (KDM-CF; Bernstein, Riekert, & Quittner, 2018) 23 items; adolescent-report ** *** ** **
Treatment Responsibility The Self-Care Independence Scale (SCIS; Patton, Graham, Varlotta, & Holsclaw, 2003) 44 items; parents of children ages 4-17 **** ** *** ** **
Diabetes
Adherence Behaviors Diabetes Adherence, Parent and Child (Lehmkuhl et al., 2009) 20 items; parent- and child-report ** ** *** ** **
Diabetes Family Adherence Measure (DFAM; Lewin et al., 2010) 19 items and 4 validity items; youth-report ** ** *** ** **
Diabetes Management Questionnaire (DMQ; Mehta et al., 2015) 20 items; youth- and caregiver report ** *** ** **
Diabetes Regimen Adherence Questionnaire (DRAQ; Brownlee-Duffeck et al., 1987) 15 items; adolescents ages 8-17 ** ** **
Self-Care Inventory (SCI; Davis et al., 2001; Delamater et al., 1997; Greco et al., 1990; La Greca, Swales, Klemp, & Madigan, 1988, April; Lewin et al., 2009; Wysocki et al., 2000) 14 items; parent- and adolescent-report *** ** *** ** **
Adherence Barriers Barriers to Diabetes Adherence Measure for Adolescents (Mulvaney et al., 2011) 21 items; adolescent-report *** *** ** **
Self-Care Adherence Interview (Hanson et al., 1989, 1992, 1996) 15 item semi-structured interview; youth ages 10-20 and parents **** ** ** **
Disease Management Skills Adolescent Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (Cooper et al., 2014) 117 items; adolescent-report ** *** ** **
Diabetes Behavior Rating Scale (Iannotti et al., 2006) Injection version: 36 items; pump version: 37 items; youth and parents *** ** *** ** *** ** **
Diabetes Self-Management Profile Revised (Harris et al., 2000; Iannotti et al., 2006) 29 items; semi-structured interview with youth and parents ** **** *** **** *** ** **
Diabetes Strengths and Resilience Measure (Hilliard, Iturralde, Weissberg-Benchell, & Hood, 2017) 12 items; youth ages 8-18 *** *** ** ** **
PedCarbQuiz (Koontz et al., 2010) 78 items; youth and caregivers *** **** ** *** **
Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescents (SMOD-A; Rechenberg, Whittemore, Grey, Jaser, & Group, 2016; Rechenberg, Whittemore, Holland, & Grey, 2017; Schilling et al., 2009) 52 items; youth ages 8-21 ** ** *** *** **** ** **
Treatment Responsibility Collaborative Parent Involvement Scale (Nansel et al., 2009) 12 items; adolescent-report **** *** *** ** **
Diabetes Family Responsibility Questionnaire (DFRQ; Anderson, Auslander, Jung, Miller, & Santiago, 1990) 17 item interview; youth ages 6-21 and their parents ** ** *** *** ** ** **
Epilepsy
Adherence Behaviors and Barriers Pediatric Epilepsy Self-Management Questionnaire (Carbone, Zebrack, Plegue, Joshi, & Shellhaas, 2013; Modi, Monahan, Daniels, & Glauser, 2010) 27 items; caregivers of youth ages 2-14 and adolescents ages 12-17 ** *** ** *** **
Disease Management Skills Epilepsy Self-Management Scale (Dilorio, Faherty, & Manteuffel, 1992; Faherty, DiIorio, & Manteuffel, 1991) 26 items; older adolescents and adults ages 17-66 ** *** **
Food Allergy
Adherence Behaviors and Barriers Food Allergy Management Perceptions Questionnaire (FAMPQ; Herbert, Lin, Matsui, Wood, & Sharma, 2016) 25 items; youth ages 13-21 ** *** ** **
HIV
Adherence Behaviors, Barriers, Treatment Responsibility P1042S Child/Adolescent Questionnaire and Parent/Caregiver Questionnaire (Buchanan et al., 2012; Farley, Hines, Musk, Ferrus, & Tepper, 2003) 30 items; youth ages 8-18 and their caregivers *** **** ** **
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)
Disease Management Skills IBD-Knowledge Inventory Device (IBD-KID; Haaland, Day, & Otley, 2014) 25 items; youth ages 10-17 and their parents ** ** **** *** ** ** **
Treatment Responsibility IBD Family Responsibility Questionnaire (IBD-FRQ; Greenley, Doughty, Stephens, & Kugathasan, 2010) 23 items; adolescents ages 11-18 and their caregivers *** ** ** **
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Adherence Behaviors, Treatment Responsibility Parent Adherence Report Questionnaire (PARQ; De Civita, Dobkin, Ehrmann-Feldman, Karp, & Duffy, 2005) Caregivers of youth ages 15-18 *** *** ** **
Spina Bifida
Adherence Behaviors Parent Report of Medical Adherence in Spina Bifida Scale (PROMASB; Holmbeck et al., 1998) 39 items; parents of youth ages 8-9 ** ** **
Disease Management Skills Adolescent/Young Adult Self-Management and Independence Scale II (Buran, Brei, Sawin, Stevens, & Neufeld, 2006; Sawin, Heffelfinger, Cashin, & Brei, 2018) 17 items; adolescents ages 12-21 and their parents ** ** *** *** *** ** **
Kennedy Krieger Independence Scales – Spina Bifida Version (Jacobson et al., 2013) 18 items; caregivers of youth and young adults ages 10-29 *** *** ** **
Spina Bifida Independence Survey (Psihogios, Kolbuck, & Holmbeck, 2015) 50 items; youth ages 8-15 and their parents ** ** **
Treatment Responsibility Sharing of SB Management Responsibilities (Psihogios et al., 2015) 34 items; youth ages 8-15 and their parents ** ** **
Solid Organ Transplant
Adherence Barriers Barriers Assessment Tool (Varnell et al., 2017) 14 items; youth ages 10-24 and their caregivers *** ** **
Disease Management Skills Behavioral Affective and Somatic Experiences (BASES; Phipps, Hinds, Channell, & Bell, 1994) 38 items; nurse-report ** *** *** *** ** **
Disease Management Skills Behavioral Affective and Somatic Experiences, Parent Version (BASES-P; Phipps et al., 1994) 38 items; parent-report ** *** *** ** **
Behavioral Affective and Somatic Experiences, Child Version (BASES-C; Phipps et al., 1994) 14 items; youth-report *** ** *** ** **
General Measures and Measures Adapted for Multiple Chronic Illness Populations
Adherence Behaviors 24-hr Recall Interview/Daily Phone Diary (Johnson, Silverstein, Rosenbloom, Carter, & Cunningham, 1986; Marhefka, Tepper, Farley, Sleasman, & Mellins, 2006; Naar-King, Frey, Harris, & Arfken, 2005)*Initially validated in youth with diabetes and subsequently validated in cystic fibrosis, asthma, HIV, epilepsy, obesity, spina bifida, and autism spectrum disorder 3 telephone interviews within a 2-week period; caregivers of youth ages 2-19 ** ** ** **** **** ** **
Chronic Disease Compliance Instrument (Kyngas, Skaar-Chandler, & Duffy, 2000) 13 background questions and 41 items; adolescents ages 13-17 with diabetes (expanded to asthma, epilepsy, and rheumatoid arthritis) ** *** *** **
Medical Adherence Measure (Zelikovsky & Schast, 2008)*Initially validated in renal transplant and subsequently validated in inflammatory bowel disease Semi-structured clinical interview; youth ages 13-23 **** *** *** ** **
Adherence Barriers Adolescent Medication Barriers Scale (AMBS; Simons & Blount, 2007)*Initially validated in solid organ transplant and subsequently validated in inflammatory bowel disease 17 items; adolescents ages 11-21 *** *** **** *** ** **
Parent Medication Barriers Scale (PMBS; Simons & Blount, 2007)*Initially validated in solid organ transplant and subsequently validated in stem cell transplant 16 items; parents of youth ages 11-21 *** *** **** *** ** **
Disease Management Skills Self-Management Skills Scale (Klassen et al., 2015) 15 items; adolescent-report *** *** **
Treatment Responsibility Allocation of Treatment Responsibility (Pai et al., 2010)*Initially validated in transplant and subsequently validated in epilepsy and sickle cell disease 18 items; youth ages 7-18 and their caregivers *** ** *** *** *** **

Note. ○ = Below Adequate; ** = Adequate; *** = Good; and **** = Excellent; – = Not Applicable; For measures with parent and child reports, ratings reflect psychometric properties of both reporters.