Table 3 Outcome measures
Outcome measure | Rater | Instrument | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Anxiety | Child | Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children: Short form (MASC-10) (March, 1997) | Self-rated questionnaire with 10 items measuring the child’s thoughts and emotions, specifically related to anxiety. |
|  | Parent | Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Parent report, short version (RCADS-PS) (Weiss & Chorpita, 2011) | Parent-report questionnaire with 25 items measuring their child’s anxiety and depression. |
Modification of original measure. | |||
| Â | Teacher | School Anxiety Scale (SAS) (Lyneham et al., 2008) | Teacher-rated questionnaire with 16 items that measure the level of anxious behaviours a child is displaying. |
Depression | Child | Children’s Depression Inventory – 2 (CDI-2) (Kovacs, 1992) | Self-rated scale with 10 items measuring the child’s mood, thoughts and presentation of depressive symptoms. |
|  | Parent | Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Parent report, short version (RCADS-PS) (Weiss & Chorpita, 2011) | Described above. |
Modification of original measure. | |||
Self-esteem | Child | Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES) (Rosenberg, 1965). | Self-rated questionnaire with 10 items measuring the child’s thoughts about their own abilities and self-worth. |
|  | Parent | Single Item Self-Esteem Scale (SISES) (Robins et al., 2001). | Single item parent-rated questionnaire that measures the parent’s general evaluation of the child’s self-esteem. |
Participation in daily occupations | Child | Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) - modified (Law et al., 2005) | Measures self-reported ability to participate in daily activities and satisfaction with one’s ability to participate in those daily activities. Two chosen activities the individual would like to improve on from a menu of activities pertinent to the intervention goals. |
|  | Parent | Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) - modified (Law et al., 2005) | Measures parent-report of their child’s ability to participate in the two daily activities chosen by their child (see above) and satisfaction with their child’s ability to participate in those daily activities. |
Life satisfaction and wellbeing | Child | Wellbeing and life satisfaction questions (The Children’s Society, 2012) | Self-rated questionnaire with five items measuring a child’s sense of wellbeing and life satisfaction. |
Knowledge about occupations, health and wellbeing | Child | Knowledge survey | Seven sets of two questions each week in multiple choice and True/False formats. Measures change in participant knowledge of concepts and strategies covered in the intervention. |