Assessing quality of life in psychosocial and mental health disorders in children: a comprehensive overview and appraisal of generic health related quality of life measures.
Jochen O MierauDaphne Kann-WeedagePieter J HoekstraLisan SpiegelaarDanielle E M C JansenKarin M VermeulenSijmen A ReijneveldBarbara J van den HoofdakkerErik BuskensM Elske van den Akker-van MarleCarmen D DirksenAnnabeth P GroenmanPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2020)
We found that none of the instruments was perfect for use in economic evaluation of child and adolescent mental health care as all instruments had disadvantages, ranging from lack of psychometric research, no proxy version, not being suitable for young children, no age-specific value set for children under 18, to insufficient focus on relevant domains (e.g. social and emotional domains).