The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
- 1School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- 2Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), Institut Universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 3Fédération Handicap International/ Humanity & Inclusion (HI), Lyon, France
Abstract
Access to valid and reliable quality of life measures is of the utmost importance when evaluating how effective interventions targeting vulnerable children are.. The aim of this project was to develop a measure to evaluate the outcomes of interventions that aim to create enabling environments for the development of young children and adolescents living in situations of vulnerability. A standard multi-phase approach integrating qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The identification of key domains, the generation of a pool of items and their response scale was done through a literature review, workshops and focus groups conducted with experts in the field and children living in situations of vulnerability and their parents. The instrument was administered to 150 children from each to pilot test the pool of items. Finally, Rasch analysis was performed on this item pool to verify psychometric properties. A 20-item version of a measure of QoL was created. This new measure will be further tested among another group of children living in communities receiving similar services to verify validity (known-groups) and reliability (test-retest).
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BibTeX
@article{higgins2026development,
title = {{The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability}},
author = {Johanne Higgins and Lise Poissant and Stephanie Legoff and Lise Archambaud and Aude Brus},
journal = {PLOS Global Public Health},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0007247},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0007247},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The development of the ScoPeO-Kids: A new measure of quality of life for children living in contexts of vulnerability
AU - Johanne Higgins
AU - Lise Poissant
AU - Stephanie Legoff
AU - Lise Archambaud
AU - Aude Brus
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/09
JO - PLOS Global Public Health
DO - 10.1371/journal.pgph.0007247
UR - https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0007247
AB - Access to valid and reliable quality of life measures is of the utmost importance when evaluating how effective interventions targeting vulnerable children are.. The aim of this project was to develop a measure to evaluate the outcomes of interventions that aim to create enabling environments for the development of young children and adolescents living in situations of vulnerability. A standard multi-phase approach integrating qualitative and quantitative methods was used. The identification of key domains, the generation of a pool of items and their response scale was done through a literature review, workshops and focus groups conducted with experts in the field and children living in situations of vulnerability and their parents. The instrument was administered to 150 children from each to pilot test the pool of items. Finally, Rasch analysis was performed on this item pool to verify psychometric properties. A 20-item version of a measure of QoL was created. This new measure will be further tested among another group of children living in communities receiving similar services to verify validity (known-groups) and reliability (test-retest).
SN - 2767-3375
ER -