TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Agreement between parent-adolescent ratings on psychosocial outcome and quality-of-life following childhood traumatic brain injury
JO  - Developmental neurorehabilitation
A1  - Green, Laura
A1  - Godfrey, Celia
A1  - Soo, Chery
A1  - Anderson, Vicki
A1  - Catroppa, Cathy
SP  - 105
EP  - 113
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - Objective: This study investigated parent-adolescent agreement in long-term psychosocial and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes. The sample comprised adolescents aged 15-18 years, who sustained childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) between birth and 5 years of age. Methods: Thirty-three participants (17 adolescents with TBI and 16 TBI parent-proxies) were involved in the study which compared parent and adolescent ratings on the Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale-Child form (SPRS-C) and the Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory (PedsQL). The questionnaires were administered through phone interviews. Results: As hypothesized, parent-adolescent agreement was acceptable for psychosocial outcome (intra-class coefficient [ICC] of 0.844, p < 0.001), whereas discrepancies were found for ratings of QoL (ICC of 0.506, p = 0.092). Conclusion: The finding that parents and adolescents agree on psychosocial outcome is promising for those instances when the patient is unable to report; however, discrepancies regarding QoL suggest caution needs to be taken when interpreting parent-rated QoL data.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1751-8423
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17518423.2011.638331
ID  - ref1
ER  -