Development of an Assessment Tool for Health-related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Pompe Disease

University Children's Hospital, Zurich101 enrolled

Overview

Health related quality of life (HrQoL), is "the patient's subjective perception of the impact of his disease and its treatment on his daily life, physical, psychological and social functioning and well-being" and thus constitutes a patient reported outcome (PRO) of utmost importance. Generic HrQoL instruments can by definition not capture disease-specific parameters nor are they sensitive enough to detect their changes. In this study, a disease-specific HrQoL questionnaire for children and adolescents will be developed. Patients and parents will be involved in focus groups and interviews to identify relevant contents. The instrument will be tested for validity and reliability.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

101

Conditions

Pompe Disease

Interventions

Participants will answer new questionnaire and other, established, generic and chronic generic HrQol instruments

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with PD from age 8 years * Parent of patient(s) \< 18 years with PD * Able to give informed consent as documented by signature * Sufficient command of the German language Exclusion Criteria: * \- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems or severely reduced health status

Locations (1)

University Childrens Hospital Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reliability/ validity of questionnaire

Time frame: 15 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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