Constable, Lee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5692-8882
O’Loughlin, Rachel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-2713
Jones, Renee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-5226
Hiscock, Harriet https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3017-2770
Dalziel, Kim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4972-8871
,
Norman, Richard
Viney, Rosalie
Ratcliffe, Julie
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Melbourne
Article History
Received: 29 September 2025
Accepted: 25 March 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
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: Renee Jones, Kim Dalziel, and Harriet Hiscock have all received previous or current funding from the EuroQol Research Foundation which is the developer of some instruments included in this study. Views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the EuroQol Research Foundation.
: The Paediatric Multi-Instrument Comparison study was approved by the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/71872/RCHM2021). The current study was approved by the data custodians and no further ethics approval was required as per Sect. 5.1.22/23 of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007).
: Participants provided written informed consent to participate in the Paediatric Multi-Instrument Comparison study. Deidentified data were used in the current study, and no additional consent was required.