Psychometric Evaluation of the Proxy-Reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales Across the Childhood Lifespan in Australian Children and Adolescents With Specified Health Conditions.

Objectives: Current generic childhood health-related quality-of-life instruments lack comprehensive psychometric evidence across all ages. The Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory v4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL GCS) covers ages 2 to 18 years old, but evidence on its psychometric properties is limited to restricted age groups.

Quantifying the Diagnosis and Survival of Early Onset Bowel Cancer Among First Nations Peoples in Queensland, Australia.

Introduction: The incidence of early-onset bowel cancer (EOBC) is increasing in Australia and globally. However, the burden of EOBC among First Nations Australians is rarely determined. This study aimed to quantify the diagnosis and survival rates of EOBC among First Nations Peoples in Queensland, Australia.

Development of a Health-State Classification System for the Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales for Preference-Based Valuation in Australia.

Objectives: Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL GCS), comprising 23 items covering 4 subscales (physical, emotional, social, and school functioning), is a widely applied generic measure of childhood health-related quality of life but does not provide health utilities for cost-effectiveness-based decision making. This study aimed to develop a reduced item version of PedsQL GCS amenable to health utility derivation in Australia.

The RETRIEVE Checklist for Studies Reporting the Elicitation of Stated Preferences for Child Health-Related Quality of Life.

Background: Recent systematic reviews show varying methods for eliciting, modelling, and reporting preference-based values for child health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) outcomes, thus producing value sets with different characteristics. Reporting in many of the reviewed studies was found to be incomplete and inconsistent, making them difficult to assess. Checklists can help to improve standards of reporting; however, existing checklists do not address methodological issues for valuing child HRQoL.

Systematic Review of the Relative Social Value of Child and Adult Health.

Objectives: We aimed to synthesise knowledge on the relative social value of child and adult health.

Methods: Quantitative and qualitative studies that evaluated the willingness of the public to prioritise treatments for children over adults were included. A search to September 2023 was undertaken.

Psychometric Evaluation of the PedsQL GCS and CHU9D in Australian Children and Adolescents with Common Chronic Health Conditions.

Background: Generic instruments such as the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ v4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL GCS) and Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) are widely used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of the general childhood population, but there is a paucity of information about their psychometric properties in children with specific health conditions. This study assessed psychometric properties, including acceptability, reliability, validity, and responsiveness, of the PedsQL GCS and the CHU9D in children and adolescents with a range of common chronic health problems.

Preferences for deprescribing antihypertensive medications amongst clinicians, carers and people living with dementia: a discrete choice experiment.

Background: Optimal management of hypertension in people with dementia may involve deprescribing antihypertensives. Understanding differing treatment priorities is important to enable patient-centred care. This study explored preferences for antihypertensive deprescribing amongst people living with dementia, carers and clinicians.

Systematic Review of the Psychometric Performance of Generic Childhood Multi-attribute Utility Instruments.

Background: Childhood multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs) can be used to measure health utilities in children (aged ≤ 18 years) for economic evaluation. Systematic review methods can generate a psychometric evidence base that informs their selection for application. Previous reviews focused on limited sets of MAUIs and psychometric properties, and only on evidence from studies that directly aimed to conduct psychometric assessments.

Reliability, acceptability, validity and responsiveness of the CHU9D and PedsQL in the measurement of quality of life in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity.

Background: The Paediatric Quality of life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales and the Child Health Utilities 9 Dimensions (CHU9D) are two paediatric health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures commonly used in overweight and obesity research. However, no studies have comprehensively established the psychometric properties of these instruments in the context of paediatric overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability, acceptability, validity and responsiveness of the PedsQL and the CHU9D in the measurement of HRQoL among children and adolescents living with overweight and obesity.

Longitudinal assessment of the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease.

In this multi-center longitudinal cohort study conducted in Australia and New Zealand, we assessed the trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) over time. A total of 377 children (aged 6-18 years) with CKD stages 1-5 (pre-dialysis), dialysis, or transplant, were followed biennially for four years. Multi Attribute Utility (MAU) scores of HRQoL were measured at baseline and at two and four years using the McMaster Health Utilities Index Mark 3 tool, a generic multi-attribute, preference-based system.

Preference Elicitation Techniques Used in Valuing Children's Health-Related Quality-of-Life: A Systematic Review.

Background And Objectives: Valuing children's health states for use in economic evaluations is globally relevant and is of particular relevance in jurisdictions where a cost-utility analysis is the preferred form of analysis for decision making. Despite this, the challenges with valuing child health mean that there are many remaining questions for debate about the approach to elicitation of values. The aim of this paper was to identify and describe the methods used to value children's health states and the specific issues that arise in the use of these methods.

Identifying New Zealand Public Preferences for Pharmacist Prescribers in Primary Care: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Background And Objective: Given increasing patient populations, general practitioner workforce constraints and the growing demand for health services in New Zealand (NZ), the development and provision of pharmacist prescribing services could be used to improve people's access to medicines. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was utilised to determine NZ public preferences for pharmacist prescribing services in primary care in NZ.

Methods: A D-efficient DCE design generated 20 choice questions in four blocks of five questions with three labelled alternatives per choice question.

Examining non-medical prescribing trends in New Zealand: 2016-2020.

Background: Population growth and general practitioner workforce constraints are creating increasing demand for health services in New Zealand (NZ) and internationally. Non-medical prescribing (NMP) is one strategy that has been introduced to help manage this. Little is known about the NMP practice trends in NZ.

Identifying Community Pharmacist Preferences For Prescribing Services in Primary Care in New Zealand: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Objective: Given increasing patient populations, general practitioner (GP) workforce constraints and increasing demand for health services in New Zealand (NZ), the development and provision of pharmacist prescribing services may need to increase to improve people's access to medicines. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was utilised to determine community pharmacist preferences for prescribing services in primary care in NZ, and to understand how these factors could improve the provision of pharmacist prescribing services.

Methods: A D-efficient design generated 30 labelled choice questions in three blocks of ten, and three alternatives per choice question.

Non-medical prescribing in New Zealand: an overview of prescribing rights, service delivery models and training.

Aim: In this paper, we aim to provide an updated source of information for nonmedical prescribing (NMP) in New Zealand (NZ).

Methods: A variety of NZ sources were used to collect data: legislation, policy documents and information from professional and regulatory organizations, and education providers.

Results: In NZ, the legal categories for prescribers include authorized, designated, and delegated prescribers.