LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VicCHILD: Mental health and behaviour problems

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-Ongoing	2012-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2012-Ongoing	2020	2021
	Phase	Enrolment	2 year old follow-up	5-7 year old follow-up	9-12 year old follow-up	COVID-19 Survey	COVID-19 Follow-Up Survey
	Age	3 months - 8 years	20-30 months	5-8 years	9-12 years	3 months - 18 years	1-18 years
	N	1200	405	368	160	493	362
Anxiety			P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^P P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^Fam P:Kessler-K6 ^P		P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I P:Kessler-K6 ^I	P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I P:Kessler-K6 ^I	P:CRISIS-E ^I P:CRISIS-E ^P	P:CRISIS-E ^I P:CRISIS-E ^P
Conduct disorder			P:SDQ ^I		P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I
Depression			P:Kessler-K6 ^P		P:Kessler-K6 ^I	P:Kessler-K6 ^I
Emotional problems			P:PedsQL-IS ^I P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^P P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^Fam P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I	S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I	P:CRISIS-E ^I P:CRISIS-E ^P	P:CRISIS-E ^I P:CRISIS-E ^P
Hyperactive behaviour			P:SDQ ^I		P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I
Psychosocial functioning			P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^P P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^Fam P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I	P:AQoL-4D ^P P:AQoL-4D ^P P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I	S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:CHU9D ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 SF15 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 2.0-FIM ^I P:CHU9D ^I
Seen by psychologist							P:VCh-HSU ^I	P:VCh-HSU ^I

Featured measurements

AQoL-4D: : Assessment of Quality of Life-4D
CHU9D: : Child Health Utility 9D
CRISIS-E: : CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey - Emotions/Worries
PedsQL 2.0-FIM: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 2.0 - Family Impact Module
PedsQL 4.0: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales
PedsQL 4.0 SF15: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 SF15 Generic Core Scales
PedsQL-IS: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – Infant Scales
SDQ: : Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Kessler-K6: : The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - K6 version
VCh-HSU: : VicCHILD devised - Health Service Use Item set

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.