QUALIN (Qualité de vie du Nourrisson et du Jeune Enfant= Quality of Life Questionnaire for Infants and Toddlers)

Generic-Specific Modules

Measure domains: Psychomotor development; family environment; psychopathological; sociability

Summary of development:

The QUALIN questionnaire is specifically designed to assess the quality of life in infants and toddlers from three months to three years of age.  It is a 34- item, proxy-reported scale, designed for pre or early schoolaged children, and validated on 705 children aged 3 months to 3 years. The French version has been translated into English, Italian, and Spanish.  All psychometric testing we found has been on the French version of the questionnaire.

Manificat, S., Dazord, A., Langue, J. and Danjou, G., 1999. Infant's quality of life: parents and childcare specialists' criteria. Development of an assessment scale. Archives de pediatrie, 1(6), pp.79-86. (French)

Manificat, S., Dazord, A., Langue, J., Danjou, G., Bauche, P., Bovet, F., Cubells, J., Luchelli, R., Tockert, E. and Conway, K., 2000. Assessment of the quality of life of infants and very young children: validation of a questionnaire. European multicenter study. Archives of Pediatrics, 7 (6), pp.605-614. (French)

Additional information

Number of Items

34

Time Frame/Recall Period

General

Measurement Type

Classical Test Theory

Overall Score

Yes

Sub scores/Subscales

Psychomotor development; family environment; psychopathological; sociability

Ages

0-3

Respondent

Observer, Parent/caregiver

Languages

English, French (original), Others, Spanish

Development Used Experts

Manificat 1999 (Abstract)

Development Used Patient

Manificat 1999 (Abstract)

Licensing

No, Yes

Fees

No, Yes