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Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)

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Child self-report (CHQ-CF87 and CF45); Health-related quality of life (HRQOL); Infant Toddler Quality of life Questionnaire (ITQOL and ITQOL-SF47); Parent-completed versions (CHQ-PF50 and CHQ-PF28)

Definition

The Child Health Questionnaire™ (CHQ) is a family of internationally recognized general health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments that have been rigorously translated into more than 90 languages and standardized for use with children ages 5–18 to assess the child’s physical, emotional, and social well-being. In 2018, a 45-item child self-report short-form (CHQ-CF45) was released for licensing. There is also an 87-item full-length child self-report version (CHQ-CF87) and two parent-completed lengths consisting of 50 and 28 items (CHQ-PF50 and CHQ-PF28, respectively). The CHQ can be integrated with the Infant Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire, (https://www.healthactchq.com/survey/itqol) a parent-completed generic HRQOL instrument for ages 2 months to 5 years,...

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Further Reading

  • Landgraf, J. M. (2004). The CHQ and its application to psychological testing and outcomes for the behavioral healthcare practitioner. In M. Maruish (Ed.), The use of psychological testing for treatment, planning, and outcome assessment (Vol. 2, 3rd ed., pp. 443–460). Hillsdale: Lawrence-Erlbaum Press.

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  • Landgraf, J. M., & Abetz, L. (1998). Influences of sociodemographic characteristics on parental reports of children’s physical and psychosocial well-being: Early experiences with the child health questionnaire. In D. Drotar (Ed.), Measuring health-related quality of life in children and adolescents (pp. 105–126). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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  1. HealthActCHQ Inc, Boston, MA, USA

    Jeanne M. Landgraf

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    Ferran Casas

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Landgraf, J.M. (2021). Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_324-2

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