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Table 3 Assessment instruments and moments of assessment

From: The CHIP-Family study to improve the psychosocial wellbeing of young children with congenital heart disease and their families: design of a randomized controlled trial

Instrument

Variable

Assessment moment

  

T1

Direct follow-up

T2

Primary outcomes

 Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [32]

Child behavioral/emotional problems

M, F

 

M, F

 Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) [29]

Parental mental health

M, F

 

M, F

Secondary outcomes

 Rotterdam Quality of Life interview [30]

School days sick/absent

M, F

 

M, F, T

 Rotterdam Knowledge Questionnaire [31]

Disease-specific knowledge and illness perception

M, F

 

M, F

 Teacher Report Form (TRF) [32]

School functioning

 -

 

T

 Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF) [34, 35] or BRIEF-Preschool Version (BRIEF-P) [36]

Executive functioning

M, F

 

M, F, T

 Adjusted Groningen Enjoyment Questionnaire [37]

Sports participation, enjoyment of physical activity

M, F

 

M, F, T

 2 sports-related questions

Sports participation, enjoyment of physical activity

C

 

C

 Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) [49]

Parental worry

M, F

 

M, F

 Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index verkort (NOSIK) [40]

Parental stress

M, F

 

M, F

 Stress thermometer (DT-P) [50]

Parental stress

M, F

 

M, F

 Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-PF50) [51]

Quality of life of child and sibling

M, F

 

M, F

 Short-form (36) Health Survey (SF-36) [52]

Quality of life of parents

M, F

 

M, F

 Family Assessment Device, general functioning subscale (FAD) [53]

Family functioning

M, F

 

M, F

 Medical record

Medical consumption

R

 

R

 Social validity questionnaire

Satisfaction, attendance, and completion of CHIP-Family

M, F

M, F

Predictor variables

 Rotterdam Quality of Life interview [30]

Demographic variables

M, F

 

 Medical record

Cardiac diagnosis

R

 

R

 Life event subscale of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, child version (CERQ-k) [44]

Life events

M, F

 

M, F

  1. M Mother, F Father, C Child, T Teacher, R Medical records
  2. T1 = baseline, Direct follow-up = within 2 weeks after CHIP-Family intervention (only for participants in intervention group), T2 = follow-up, 6 months after T1