Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Health related quality of life in 3 and 4 year old children and their parents: preliminary findings about a new questionnaire Anne F Klassen*1, Jeanne M Landgraf2, Shoo K Lee3, Morris Barer4, Parminder Raina5, Herbert WP Chan1, Derek Matthew6 and David Brabyn7 Address: 1Centre for Community Child Health Research, L408, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4, Canada, 2HealthAct 205 Newbury Street, Boston, MA USA, 3Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, Dept of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Healthcare & Epidemiology, University of. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Health related quality of life in 3 and 4 year old children and their parents preliminary findings about a new questionnaire Anne F Klassen 1 Jeanne M Landgraf2 Shoo K Lee3 Morris Barer4 Parminder Raina5 Herbert WP Chan1 Derek Matthew6 and David Brabyn7 Address 1Centre for Community Child Health Research L408 4480 Oak Street Vancouver BC V6H 3V4 Canada 2HealthAct 205 Newbury Street Boston MA USA 3Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement Dept of Pediatrics University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada 4Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Department of Healthcare Epidemiology University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada 5Evidence-Based Practice Centre Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics McMaster University Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5 Canada 6Greater Victoria Hospital Society 35 Helmcken Road Victoria BC V8Z 6R5 Canada and 76470 Berkley Place Burnaby BC V5E 4G5 Canada Email Anne F Klassen - afk@ Jeanne M Landgraf - jml@ Shoo K Lee - shool@ Morris Barer - mbarer@ Parminder Raina - praina@ Herbert WP Chan - hwphan@ Derek Matthew - David Brabyn - dbrabyn@ Corresponding author Published 22 December 2003 Received 27 August 2003 Accepted 22 December 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 81 r This article is available from http content 1 1 81 2003 Klassen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Few measures of health related quality of life exist for use with preschool aged children. The objective of this study was to assess reliability and validity of a new multidimensional generic measure of health-related quality of life .
