HuPS (Health Utilities Preschool)

Generic

Measure domains: Vision, Hearing, Speech, Ambulation, Dexterity, Emotion, Cognition, Pain & Discomfort

Summary of development:  This is a new measure based on the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 and the Comprehensive Health Status Classification System for Preschool Children. It is designed to measure HRQoL in young children ages 2-4.  HUPS is to be used by parents as a proxy.

The HuPS is new and has not been validated in other articles, except for one article that translates the HuPS into Portuguese (Viani 2023), and one article that validates the measure for French Canadian translation (Poder 2021).

It is important to note that health utility scales that are made in the econometric tradition, such as the HuPS, do not necessarily need psychometric testing such as internal consistency or structural validity.  For these measures, other types of validity such as known groups validity and convergent validity may be useful.

Furlong W, Rae C, Feeny D, et al. Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Utility Measure for Preschool Children (Health Utilities Preschool): Design, Development, and Properties. Value Health. 2023;26(2):251-260. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2022.07.015

 

 

 

Additional information

PQL Condition

Generic

Measurement Type

Utility Score

Number of Items

35

Time Frame/Recall Period

General

Overall Score

Yes

Sub scores/Subscales

Vision, Hearing, Speech, Ambulation, Dexterity, Emotion, Cognition, Pain & Discomfort

Ages

2-4 Years

Respondent

Clinician/observer proxy, Parent Proxy

Languages

English, French, Others

Development Used Experts

Furlong 2023

Development Used Patient

Furlong 2023

Inter-rater Agreement

Furlong 2023

Convergent Validity with Other Measures

Furlong 2023

Measure Website

None found

Licensing

None found

Fees

None found