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 |