Psychometric Properties of the EQ-5D-Y-5L for Children With Intellectual Disability

Jenny Downs, Richard Norman, Brendan Mulhern, Peter Jacoby, Dinah Reddihough, Catherine S. Choong, Amy Finlay-Jones, A. Marie Blackmore

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Abstract

Objectives: The EQ-5D-Y-5L is a generic preference-based measure of health-related quality of life for children. This study aimed to describe the distributional properties, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity of the EQ-5D-Y-5L in children with intellectual disability (ID). Methods: Caregivers of children with ID (aged 4 to 18 years) completed an online survey, including a proxy-report EQ-5D-Y-5L, the Quality-of-life Inventory-Disability, and disability-appropriate measures corresponding to the EQ-5D dimensions: mobility, self-care (SC), usual activities (UA), pain/discomfort (PD), and worry/sadness/unhappiness. Twenty-one participants repeated the EQ-5D-Y-5L a few weeks later. Test-retest reliability was computed using weighted kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients, and convergent validity using Spearman's and Pearson's correlation coefficients. Results: Caregivers of 234 children completed the survey, with <1% missing values. Only 1.7% reported “no problems” on all dimensions (11111). The dimensions with the lowest percentage of “no problems” were SC and UA (both 8%). Test-retest reliability coefficients were fair to substantial for 4 dimensions (weighted kappa .30 to .79) but low for PD and overall health, as measured by the visual analog scale (EQ-VAS). Convergent validity was strong (Spearman's correlation .65 to .87) for mobility, SC, and PD; moderate to strong for worry/sadness/unhappiness (.47 to .60) and the EQ-VAS (Pearson's correlation .49); and weak to moderate for UA (.21 to .52). Conclusions: Convergent validity was generally good; test-retest reliability varied. Children with ID had lower scores on SC and UA than other populations, and their EQ-VAS could fluctuate greatly, indicating poorer and less stable health-related quality of life.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)776-783
Number of pages8
JournalValue in Health
Volume27
Issue number6
Early online date8 Mar 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

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