Pediatric treatment satisfaction of medication measurement research:a systematic review
Objective To systematically review the research on pediatric treatment satisfaction of medication(TS-M).Methods The PubMed,Embase,Cochrane Library,CBM,WanFang Data,VIP,CNKI databases and medical scale websites were electronically searched to collect studies on pediatric TS-M from inception to November 2022.Two reviewers independently screened literature,and extracted data.Using descriptive analysis,we comprehensively reviewed the TS-M assessment tool selected for the studies of children.We evaluated the methodological quality and measurement properties of existing TS-M scales for children using the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments(COSMIN)assessment criteria.Results A total of 157 studies were included,including 150 pediatric studies using TS-M evaluation tools and 7 studies on the development and validation of TS-M scales for children,covering 7 specific TS-M scales for children.Our review revealed that 67.3% of the pediatric studies used unvalidated self-administered TS-M questionnaires or interviews,24.7% used adult TS-M scales,and only 6.0%used two pediatric-specific TS-M scales.The results of the quality assessment indicated that the development quality of existing TS-M pediatric scales was considered"doubtful"or"inadequate",and the internal consistency was"sufficient"but the structural validity was probably"uncertain".High-quality research on the content validity,test-retest reliability and construct validity of the pediatric TS-M scale was still lacking.Conclusion Currently,the use of TS-M evaluation tools in pediatric studies has irrationalities:over 90% of pediatric studies use self-made questionnaires or adult scales to evaluate children's TS-M;and the existing pediatric TS-M scales globally have narrow applications,questionable development quality,and lack some measurement performance studies.Pediatric TS-M scales with a wide range of applications are lacking.
Treatment satisfaction with medicationPediatricScaleSystematic reviewCOSMINMeasurement properties