PMID- 18833211
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090403
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1930-7381 (Print)
IS  - 1930-739X (Electronic)
IS  - 1930-7381 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 12
DP  - 2008 Dec
TI  - Validation of a parent-proxy, obesity-specific quality-of-life measure: sizing 
      them up.
PG  - 2624-33
LID - 10.1038/oby.2008.416 [doi]
AB  - The aims of the present study were to develop and validate a new 
      obesity-specific, parent-proxy measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL), 
      Sizing Them Up. Participants included 220 obese youth (M(age) = 11.6 years, 68% 
      female, 53% African American, M(BMI) = 36.7) and their primary caregivers (88% 
      mothers). Primary caregivers completed a demographics questionnaire and two HRQOL 
      measures: Sizing Them Up (obesity-specific) and PedsQL (generic). Youth height 
      and weight were measured. Psychometric evaluation of Sizing Them Up was completed 
      by conducting a factor analysis and determining internal consistency 
      coefficients, test-retest reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, 
      predictive validity, responsiveness to change, and minimal clinically important 
      difference (MCID) scores. Sizing Them Up is a 22-item measure with six scales 
      (i.e., Emotional Functioning, Physical Functioning, Teasing/Marginalization, 
      Positive Social Attributes, Mealtime Challenges, and School Functioning) that 
      account for 66% of the variance. The measure also includes an Adolescent 
      Developmental Adaptation module. Sizing Them Up had internal consistency 
      coefficients ranging from 0.59 to 0.91 and test-retest reliabilities ranging from 
      0.57 to 0.80. Validity was demonstrated by significant relations between a 
      majority of Sizing Them Up scales and BMI z-scores. Sizing Them Up also 
      demonstrated good convergent validity with other HRQOL measures and 
      responsiveness to change related to weight loss for adolescents who had undergone 
      bariatric surgery. Overall, Sizing Them Up is a reliable and valid parent-proxy 
      measure of obesity-specific HRQOL that can be used in both clinical and research 
      settings.
FAU - Modi, Avani C
AU  - Modi AC
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical 
      Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of 
      Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. avani.modi@cchmc.org
FAU - Zeller, Meg H
AU  - Zeller MH
LA  - eng
GR  - K23 DK060031/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
GR  - T32 DK063929/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
GR  - K23-DK60031/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
GR  - M01 RR 08084/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - M01 RR008084/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R03DK0788901/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20081002
PL  - United States
TA  - Obesity (Silver Spring)
JT  - Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
JID - 101264860
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Bariatric Surgery
MH  - Child
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/ethnology/*psychology/surgery
MH  - Parents
MH  - Proxy
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires/standards
PMC - PMC3490405
MID - NIHMS411662
COIS- DISCLOSURE The authors declared no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2008/10/04 09:00
MHDA- 2009/04/04 09:00
PMCR- 2012/11/06
CRDT- 2008/10/04 09:00
PHST- 2008/10/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/04/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/10/04 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - oby2008416 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/oby.2008.416 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Dec;16(12):2624-33. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.416. Epub 
      2008 Oct 2.