Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children is progressively younger, and there is a lack of quality standardized studies on specific self-reported outcomes scales for pediatric and adolescent patients.
Objective To evaluate the measurements properties of children's type 1 diabetes-specific self-reported outcomes reports and the methodological quality of related researches based on the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN).
Methods CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, Medline, Web of Science and Embase were searched for the studies on the development of children's type 1 diabetes-specific self-reported outcomes scales and validation of the measurements properties from inception to March, 2023. Two investigators cross-screened, checked and extracted the data, described and evaluated the included scales and researches by COSMIN list, to finally form the recommendations.
Results A total of 24 development or validation studies related to 11 children's type 1 diabetes-specific self-reported outcomes scales were included. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.2 Diabetes Module (PedsQLTM3.2-DM), MIND Youth Questionnaire (MY-Q), Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths (DQOL-Y), Problem Areas in Diabetes-Teen Version (PAID-Teens), DISABKIDS Diabetes-Specific Module (DSM-10), FinDiab Quality-of-life Questionnaire (FDQL) and the Quality of Life Survey for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes in Chongqing are all recommended as Grade B, while PedsQLTM3.0-DM, Problem Areas in Diabetes Survey-Pediatric Version (PAID-Peds), Type 1 Diabetes and Life (T1DAL) and ADDQoL-Teen are all recommended as Grade C. At the same time, the measurement properties of the children's type 1 diabetes-specific self-reported outcomes scales were insufficient and the reports were not comprehensive.
Conclusion The methodological quality and measurement properties of the ratings of children's type 1 diabetes-specific self-reported outcomes scales at home and abroad are mostly grades B and C, which need to be further improved, and some potential scales deserve further study and application.
