Quality of Life after Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents (QOLIBRI-KID/ADO)-the first disease-specific self-report questionnaire after traumatic brain injury

von Steinbuechel, Nicole; Zeldovich, Marina; Greving, Sven; Olabarrieta-Landa, Laiene; Krenz, Ugne; Timmermann, Dagmar; Koerte, Inga K.; Bonfert, Michaela Veronika; Berweck, Steffen; Kieslich, Matthias; Brockmann, Knut; Roediger, Maike; Lendt, Michael; Staebler, Michael; Schmidt, Silke; Muehlan, Holger; Cunitz, Katrin

doi:10.3390/jcm12154898

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Quality of Life after Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents (QOLIBRI-KID/ADO)-the first disease-specific self-report questionnaire after traumatic brain injury
Citation	von Steinbuechel N, Zeldovich M, Greving S, Olabarrieta-Landa L, Krenz U, Timmermann D, Koerte IK, Bonfert MV, Berweck S, Kieslich M, Brockmann K, Roediger M, Lendt M, Staebler M, Schmidt S, Muehlan H, Cunitz K. J. Clin. Med. 2023; 12(15): e4898.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2023, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)
DOI	10.3390/jcm12154898
PMID	37568300
Abstract	The subjective impact of the consequences of pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) on different life dimensions should be assessed multidimensionally and as sensitively as possible using a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument. The development and psychometrics of the first such self-report questionnaire for children and adolescents after TBI are reported here. Focus group interviews with children, adolescents, and their parents, cognitive debriefing, item pool generation and reduction using Delphi expert panels were performed. The resulting version was psychometrically tested on 300 individuals aged 8-17 years. After item reduction based on factor analyses, differential item functioning, reliability, and validity were investigated. The final 35 items were associated with six scales (Cognition, Self, Daily Life and Autonomy, Social Relationships, Emotions, Physical Problems). Internal consistency and construct validity were satisfactory. Health-related Quality of life (HRQoL) was significantly lower in older and in female participants, as well as those with cognitive disabilities, anxiety, depression and post-concussion symptoms, than in comparative groups. The new QOLIBRI-KID/ADO is a comprehensive, multidimensional, reliable, and valid instrument, comparable in content and items to the QOLIBRI adult version. Therefore, disease-specific HRQoL can now be measured across the lifespan and may support the amelioration of treatment, care, rehabilitation, and daily life of children and adolescents after TBI. Language: en
Keywords	children and adolescents; disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL); patient-reported outcome measure (PROM); traumatic brain injury (TBI)