Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index flow
Introduction
The Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and the Cartoon CDLQI are designed to measure the impact of any skin disease on the lives of children [1].
The CDLQI consists of 10 questions which are based on the experiences of children with skin disease.
The Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index flow contains the Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) questionnaire and associated calculation. After form submission, the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index calculation is executed automatically. It's easy to extend this flow with conditional logic based on the interpretation of the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index calculation.
Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) questionnaire
The scoring of each question is:
- Very much = 3
- Quite a lot = 2
- Only a little = 1
- Not at all = 0
- Question unanswered = 0
- Question 7: 'Prevented school' = 3
The CDLQI is calculated by adding the score of each question, resulting in a maximum of 30 and a minimum of 0. The higher the score, the more quality of life is impaired. A score higher than 10 indicates that the child's life is being severely affected by their skin disease [3].
The score can be expressed as a percentage of the maximum possible score of 30, but we don't recommend this, because the original score is much easier to understand.
The scores for each of these sections can also be expressed as a percentage of either 6 or 3. For reference only: scores can indeed be expressed as a percentage of the maximum possible score, but it's not recommended to do this so it's not applied in our calculation.
References
[1] Lewis-Jones MS, Finlay AY. The Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI): Initial validation and practical use. British Journal of Dermatology, 1995; 132: 942-949.\
[2] https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/resources/quality-of-life-questionnaires/childrens-dermatology-life-quality-index\
[3] Waters A, Sandhu D, Beattie P, Ezughah F, Lewis-Jones S. Severity stratification of Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) scores. Br J Dermatol 2010; 163 (Suppl 1): 121.
