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Academic references

Articles regarding the development of the GCQ

  • Collier J, MacKinlay DRE. (1997) Development of a generic child quality of life measure. British Psychology Society, Health Update 1997; 28: 12–16.
  • Collier, J., MacKinlay, D. & Phillips, D. Norm values for the Generic Children’s Quality of Life Measure (GCQ) from a large school-based sample. Qual Life Res 9, 617–623 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008915700210
  • Collier and MacKinlay Instructions for use – retrieved from the UK Data Service documentation associated with the norm value dataset http://doc.ukdataservice.ac.uk/doc/4412/mrdoc/pdf/a4412uab.pdf

Articles which have used the GCQ

  • Heath, J., Norman, P., Christian, M., & Watson, A. (2017). Measurement of quality of life and attitudes towards illness in children and young people with chronic kidney disease. Quality of Life Research, 26(9), 2409–2419. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44856132
  • Constantinou, C., Payne, N. & Inusa, B. (2015) Assessing the quality of life of children with sickle cell anaemia using self-, parent-proxy, and health care professional-proxy reports.  British Journal of Health Psychology, 20, 2, 290-304
    https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12099.
  • Heath, J., MacKinlay, D., Watson, A.R. et al. Self-reported quality of life in children and young people with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 26, 767–773 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-011-1784-2

Articles which discuss properties of the GCQ

  • Rajmil, L., Herdman, M., Fernandez de Sanmamed, M-J., et al  (2004) Generic health-related quality of life instruments in children and adolescents: a qualitative analysis of content.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 1, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00249-0
  • Schmidt, L.J., Garratt, A.M. & Fitzpatrick, R. (2002) Child/parent-assessed population health outcome measures: a structured review.  Child: care, health and development, 28, 3, 227-237