How Are You (HAY)
Generic and Asthma-specific components
Measure domains: Generic domains: physical activities, cognitive tasks, social activities, general physical complaints, and positive emotions; Asthma-specific domains: asthma symptoms, emotions related to asthma, self-concept, self-management; Other disease-specific versions include those for epilepsy, juvenile rheumatoid diseases, and diabetes mell
Summary of development: The HAY- How Are You? by Bruil (1999) is designed for 8–12-year-olds and contains both a generic and a condition-specific component. The items originate from interviews with children and their parents and from experts. There are child and parent versions of this measure. To rate their feelings, children are provided visual analogs of faces with happy or sad expressions from which to choose. The parent questionnaire (HAY-P) asks the parents to rate their perception of the frequency and quality of daily activities performed by their child and to rate their own feelings related to the problems that occur for their child.
This measure was originally developed and tested in Dutch. We did not find any psychometric testing of the English version.
Bruil J. “Development of a quality-of-life instrument for children with chronic illness. [Doctoral Thesis].” Leiden: Health Psychology 1999:95–141.
le Coq EM, Colland VT, Boeke AJP, Bezemer DP, van Eijk JTM. Reproducibility, construct validity, and responsiveness of the “How Are You?”(HAY), a self-report quality of life questionnaire for children with asthma. J Asthma. 2000;37(1):43–58.
Additional information
| PQL Condition | Asthma, Generic |
|---|---|
| Measurement Type | Classical Test Theory |
| Number of Items | 32 Generic, 8 asthma |
| Time Frame/Recall Period | Past week |
| Overall Score | Yes |
| Sub scores/Subscales | Physical Activities, Cognitive Activities, Social Activities, and Physical Complaints, The disease-specific section has four additional dimensions: (1) Asthma Symptoms, (2) Self-Management, (3) Emotions Related to Asthma and (4) Self-Concept |
| Ages | 8-12 |
| Respondent | Self |
| Languages | English |
| Development Used Experts | Bruil 1999, Le Coq 2000 |
| Development Used Patient | Bruil 1999, Le Coq 2000 |
| Measure Website | https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/subscriptions (Proqolid database), https://qol.thoracic.org/sections/instruments/fj/pages/hay.html |
| Licensing | Yes |
| Fees | Yes |