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Table 1 Summary of Item Performance on Rasch Criteria for Item Exclusion

From: Selecting PedsQL items to derive the PedsUtil health state classification system to measure health utilities in children

Item Description Problems with…

Total Scorea

Item Excluded

2–5 years

6–13 years

14–17 years

Physical Functioningb

 Phys1. Walking

0/3c

1/5

1/3c

 Phys2. Running

0/3

4/5

3/3

 

 Phys3. Participating in exercise

0/3

4/5

3/3

 

 Phys4. Lifting something heavyd

 Phys5. Taking a bath or showerd

 Phys6. Doing choresd

Emotional Functioning

 Emot1. Feeling afraid or scared

4/5

2/5

2/5

 

 Emot2. Feeling sad or blue

1/5

5/5

0/5

 Emot3. Feeling angry

4/5

1/5

1/5

 

 Emot4. Trouble sleeping

2/5

0/5

2/5

 Emot5. Worrying

4/5

5/5

5/5

 

Social Functioning

 Soc1. Getting along with others

0/5

0/5

0/5

 Soc2. Others not wanting to be friends

4/5

4/5

3/5

 

 Soc3. Getting teased

4/5

1/5

2/5

 

 Soc4. Unable to do things others can do

1/5

0/5

0/5

 Soc5. Keeping up with other children

0/5

0/5

0/5

School Functioning

 School1. Paying attention in class

e

0/5

2/5

 School2. Forgetting things

e

0/5

0/5

 School3. Keeping up with schoolwork

Only itemf

0/5

4/5

 

School Absence

 SchAbs1. Missing school because sick

2/5g

4/5

3/5

 

 SchAbs2. Missing school to go to doctor

0/5g

0/5

0/5

  1. Abbreviations: Emot Emotional Functioning, Phys Physical Functioning, SchAbs School Absence, School School Functioning, Soc Social Functioning
  2. aTotal score = number of subsamples item performed well on all Rasch criteria (out of five subsamples)
  3. bMost subsamples did not fit the Rasch model for the Physical Functioning dimension, thus supplemental Rasch analyses were conducted for items Phys1-Phys3. Results from the supplemental analyses are shown in the table
  4. cInsufficient sample size to obtain five subsamples so only three subsamples were created for supplemental analyses (total score out of three)
  5. dItems Phys4-Phys6 were omitted from the supplemental Rasch analyses, thus total scores were not calculated for these items. Refer to Results section for more details
  6. eSchool1 and School2 are not included in the PedsQL for children under 5 years old
  7. fOnly School3 is included in the PedsQL for this age group
  8. gSchAbs1 and SchAbs2 were not administered for children aged 2–3 years in the LSAC so results reflect responses for children aged 4–5 years