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  • Developmental psychology
  • Public health

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  • Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) frequently experience co-occurring medical conditions.
  • Effective health status measurement for children and adolescents with DS requires understanding caregiver perspectives.
  • Existing research lacks insight into how caregivers interpret and respond to health queries for individuals with DS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To guide the development of a health status measure for children and adolescents with Down syndrome.
  • To explore caregiver understanding and interpretation of survey items related to physical, mental, and social health.
  • To refine survey items based on caregiver feedback.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 1-hour virtual cognitive interviews with 42 caregivers of individuals aged 0-21 with DS.
  • Utilized a modified 'think-aloud' approach with probes to gather feedback on drafted survey items.
  • Completed four rounds of interviews, totaling 40 interviews, to iteratively refine the survey.

Main Results:

  • Identified key caregiver themes: preference for simple language, focus on the present, conversational tone, and clear specification of referents or comparison groups.
  • Caregiver feedback directly informed modifications to survey items.
  • Emergent themes offer valuable insights for researchers surveying populations with genetic syndromes.

Conclusions:

  • Caregiver input is crucial for developing accurate and usable health status measures for individuals with Down syndrome.
  • The cognitive interview process successfully refined survey items, enhancing their clarity and relevance.
  • Findings provide a framework for improving survey design in research involving genetic syndromes.