The Multidimensional Illness Severity Questionnaire: Preliminary evaluation of a brief parent-reported measure of illness severity

Erin T. Paquette; Steven Joffe

doi:10.1111/jpc.14391

The Multidimensional Illness Severity Questionnaire: Preliminary evaluation of a brief parent-reported measure of illness severity

Erin T. Paquette^*, Steven Joffe

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Pediatrics

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Aim: This study describes the reliability and concurrent validity of the Multidimensional Illness Severity Questionnaire (MISQ), a five-item measure for capturing parents' reports of their child's illness severity. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of parents of children participating in a paediatric research study (n = 20). We assessed parents' perceptions of illness severity using five measures: (i) the MISQ, (ii) the Lansky Play Performance scale, (iii) the Severity of Illness Scale, (iv) subscales of the Parent Experience of Child Illness and (v) general health. We calculated the internal reliability of the MISQ using Cronbach's alpha and assessed concurrent validity through correlations between scores on the MISQ and other measures. Results: MISQ scores ranged from 6/21 to 17/21 (mean = 11.5). The MISQ had adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.76) and correlated strongly with other measures. Conclusion: Preliminary evaluation suggests that the MISQ is an easy-to-administer and internally consistent multidimensional assessment of parent-reported illness severity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1241-1246
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Volume	55
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14391
State	Published - Oct 1 2019

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Research described in this publication was supported by the Boston Children's Hospital's award under the Program for Patient Safety and Quality Grants Program. Statistical support and funding for this project were provided through this mechanism. The authors acknowledge Sonja Ziniel (Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital) for her assistance with statistical analysis and Blake Schultz (Boston Children's Hospital), Nicole Stenquist (Boston Children's Hospital) and Elizabeth Bair (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) for research assistant support.

Keywords

health outcome
health services research
illness perception
illness severity

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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