Domain

Education and childcare

These measures have been identified as commonly used measures within the LifeCourse cohorts. These measures were identified to encourage potential opportunities for data harmonisation. The descriptions provided are intended to give cohort custodians and data users some common criteria to assess a survey for appropriateness to use in their own studies. It is not intended to mandate the use of any measure, or provide a comprehensive understanding of these measures.

This information was collated by the LifeCourse team from scoring manuals and documentation, publications, and official measure websites. To read about this process in more detail, access our report.

Measure No. of cohorts using measure Cost and accessibility Time to complete Key reference/s and measure information Reference frame Constructs assessed by measure Age range
CSHCNS: Children with Special Health Care Needs screener 5

No cost, but must complete a form to indicate use.

2 minutes

Bethell C.D., Read D., Stein R.E., Blumberg S.J., Wells N. and Newacheck P.W. (2002). Identifying children with special health care needs: development and evaluation of a short screening instrument. Ambulatory pediatrics: the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 2(1): 38-48. DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0038:icwshc>2.0.co;2

Current state (with expected duration of condition is 12 months or longer)
  • Assessment of needs
  • Seen by service
  • Medications
  • Assessment of needs
  • Developmental screening

Parent report, <18 years
PedsQL 4.0: Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales 9
  • MCRI has a site-wide license, and comes at a reduced cost for MCRI researchers. Find out more here.
  • This measure is pre-programmed into REDCap for MCRI researchers, find out more here.

5-10 minutes (estimate)

Varni, J. W., Burwinkle, T. M., Seid, M., & Skarr, D. (2003). The PedsQL™* 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: feasibility, reliability, and validity. Ambulatory pediatrics, 3(6), 329-341. DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0329:tpaapp>2.0.co;2

Past one month
  • School functioning
  • Emotional problems
  • Psychosocial functioning
  • Activity of daily living
  • Psychosocial functioning
  • Quality of Life
  • Parent report for toddlers (ages 2-4)
  • Child and parent report for young children (ages 5-7)
  • Children (ages 8-12)
  • Teens (ages 13-18)
  • Young adults (ages 18-26)
  • Adults (ages over 26)
SSIS: Social Skills Improvement System 3

$47-84 per quantity of 25, price varies depending on format of materials and target age range

10-25 minutes per form

Gresham, F. and Elliott, S. N. (2008). Social skills improvement system (SSIS) rating scales. Bloomington, MN: Pearson Assessments

Current state
  • Educational achievement
  • Hyperactive behaviour
  • Pervasive developmental disorder
  • Problem behaviour
  • Social behaviour
  • Communication skills
  • Pervasive developmental disorder
  • Bullying
  • Communication skills
  • Versions for parent, teacher and student (ages 8-18 only) report
  • 3-18 years