Study instruments and tools must be provided at the time of protocol submission. Information that establishes the validity of the instrument/tool should be included in the protocol.
Information about the validation of study tools assists the IRB in its deliberations about the scientific validity of the proposed study.
Additional Considerations: Study Instruments That Ask Sensitive Questions
Study instruments that include sensitive information - for example, questions about alcohol/illicit drug use, aggressive/violent behavior and/or illegal behavior - can place subjects at risk. The IRB will usually require that investigators obtain a Certificate of Confidentiality to ensure that risks to subjects are minimized for the following instruments:
- Child Behavior Checklist - Youth Self-Report (CBCL-YSR) which includes questions about alcohol use and aggression;
- Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) which includes alcohol use, theft and aggression;
- Psychological Assessment Tool (PAT)
- Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC)
- K-SADS-PL which includes questions about alcohol, tobacco and PTSD symptoms.
- Multi-Dimensional Assessment Profile of Disruptive Behavior (MAP-DB) which includes sensitive questions
- M.I.N.I. - MINI International Psychiatric Interview. Note: This instrument also requires the consent of all subjects 14 years and older
- NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales.
Accepted Validated Measures
To minimize effort and to avoid duplication, the IRB provides a listing of study measures that are considered validated. They include instruments maintained by CHOP's Center for Human Phenomic Science (CHPS) as well as instruments submitted by investigators that have evidence of test validity (e.g., published data and/or validation of standardized measures).
If investigators plan to use a study measure that has evidence of test validity and wish them to be added to the list, please contact the IRB office with the pertinent data (copy of the test and supportive documentation) and request the tool to be added to the list.
There is no need to attach a study instrument/tool to the eIRB system if it is included in the listing on this page.
Please note: Available versions are listed in the middle column; If a newer version is being used for a study it is not necessary to attach a copy of the tool; however please indicate that it is a more current version of the validated instrument:
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Aberrant Behavior Checklist, Version 2 | ABC-2 | |
| Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment | Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) | ASEBA |
| Child Behavior Checklist component of ASEBA | CBCL | |
| CBCL Caregiver-Teacher Report 1.5-5 yrs | CTR | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 yrs | CBCL | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 4-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 6-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| Teacher Report Form 6-18 yrs TR | ||
| Youth Self-Report 11-18 yrs YSR | ||
| ACL - Return to Sport after Injury | ACL-RSI | |
| Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition | ABAS-3 | |
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 0-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 16-89 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Teacher/Daycare Provider Form 2-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Teacher Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| ADHD Rating Scale – 5 for Children and Adolescents | ADHD Rating Scale-5 | |
| Adult Hope Scale | AHS | |
| Ages and Stages Questionnaire | ASQ | |
| Animal Naming Forms | ||
| Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised | WPS edition | ADI-R |
| Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition | ADOS-2 | |
| Toddler Module | ||
| Modules 1-4 | ||
| Autism Observation Scale for Infants | AOSI | |
| Barry Albright Dystonia Scale | BADS | |
| Bayley Scale of Infant Development, Fourth Edition | Bayley-4 | |
| Bayley-4 Record Forms for Cognitive, Language and Motor Administration | ||
| Bayley-4 Observation Checklist | ||
| Bayley-4 Motor Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Cognitive Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Language Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Cognitive, Language and Motor Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Social-Emotional & Adaptive Behavior Questionnaire | ||
| Beck Depression Inventory-II | BDI-II | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration-IV, V | Previous Editions | VMI |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition | Beery VMI | |
| Beery VMI 2-18 yrs (Full Form) | ||
| Beery VMI 2-7 yrs (Short Form) | ||
| Beery VMI Visual Perception 2-18 yrs | ||
| Beery VMI Motor Coordination 2-18 yrs VMI-MC | ||
| Behavior Assessment System for Children | BASC (1st, 2nd & 3rd Edition) | BASC, BASC-2, BASC-3 |
| Structured Developmental History | SDH | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | TRS-P | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | TRS-C | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | TRS-A | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | PRS-P | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | PRS-C | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | PRS-A | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality Interview - Ages 6-7 | SRP-Interview | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - Child 8-11 | SRP-C | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - Adolescent 12-21 | SRP-A | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - College 18-25 | SRP-COL | |
| BASC-3 Structured Developmental History | SDH | |
| Parent Feedback Report - Teacher Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Parent Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Self-Report of Personality | ||
| BASC-3 Student Observation System | SOS | |
| Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition | BRIEF-2 | |
| BRIEF-A Informant Report | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF-A Self-Report Form | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF Parent Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF Teacher Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF-P Preschool Version | BRIEF-P | |
| Benefit-Finding Scale for Children (The) | BFSC | |
| Benton Test of Facial Recognition | Also known as Benton Facial Recognition Test | BFRT |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Bracken Basic Concept Scale Receptive-Third Edition: Receptive | BRACKEN-3:R | |
| Examiner’s Manual, Stimulus Manual, Record Forms | Bracken Basic Concept Scale Expressive | BBCS:E |
| BBCS-E Parent Report | ||
| BBCS-E Teacher Report | ||
| Benton Visual Retention Test – Fifth Edition | B-VRT | |
| Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire | Revised short form | BISQ-R; BISC-R SF |
| Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism | BOSA | |
| Brief Symptom Inventory | BSI | |
| Nonpatient adolescent | ||
| Outpatient Psychiatric | ||
| Inpatient Psychiatric | ||
| Nonpatient adult | ||
| Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised | BVMT-R | |
| Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire | BAPQ | |
| Buschke Selective Reminding Test | SRT | |
| SRT Form 1 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 2 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 1 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 13+ | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test | CVLT | |
| Earlier version (CVLT-II) | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test-Third Edition | CVLT-3 | |
| CVLT-3 Standard Form | ||
| CVLT-3 Short Form | ||
| CVLT-3 Alternate Form | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version | CVLT-C | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, Second Edition | Previous version CASL | CASL-2 |
| Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory - 4 | CASI-4R | |
| Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure | CAMM | |
| Child Behavior Checklist | SEE ASEBA entry | CBCL |
| Child Health Questionnaire | CHQ | |
| Parent Report Form CHQ-PF50 | ||
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition | CARS-2 | |
| Children's Communication Checklist-2 | CCC-2 | |
| Children's Depression Inventory 2 | CDI 2 | |
| Self-report | ||
| Parent Report | ||
| Teacher Report | ||
| Children's Development Inventory | CDI | |
| CDI Parent Booklets | ||
| CDI Answer Sheets | ||
| CDI Profile Forms | ||
| Children's Hope Scale | CHS | |
| Children's Memory Scale | CMS | |
| CMS 5-8 yrs | ||
| CMS 9-16 yrs | ||
| Children's Inventory for Psychiatric Syndromes | ChIPS | |
| ChIPS Report Form | ||
| ChIPS Profile Form | ||
| Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire | Adolescent Short Form; 8 item CPAQ-R | COAQ-A8 |
| Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals | CELF | |
| Previous versions CELF 3, CELF 4 | ||
| Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Fifth Edition | CELF-5 | |
| Clinical Global Impression | CGI-S, CGI-I | |
| Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) Severity of illness (CGI-S) | ||
| Clinical Global Impression – Improvement Scale (CGI-I) | ||
| Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile | CSBS | |
| CSBS – normed edition, record forms, caregiver questionnaires | CSBS | |
| Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile | CSBS-DP | |
| CSBS DP Infant-Toddler Checklist | CSBS DP ITC | |
| Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale | C-SSRS | |
| C-SSRS Baseline | ||
| C-SSRS Since Last Visit | ||
| Conners Continuous Performance Test | Conners CPT | |
| Conners Continuous Performance Test 2nd Edition | Conners CPT-2 | |
| Conners Continuous Performance Test 3rd Edition | Conners CPT-3 | |
| Conners Parent Rating Scale | CPRS | |
| Conners Parent Rating Scale-Revised (S) (previous edition) | CPRS-R | |
| Conners Parent Rating Scale 3rd Edition | CPRS-3 | |
| Conners Abbreviated Parent/Teacher Questionnaire | Abbreviated Parent/Teacher Questionnaire | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Conners Kiddie Continuous Performance Test 2nd Edition | K-CPT-2 | |
| Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale | 10 item CD-RISC-10 | CD-RISC-10 |
| Controlled Oral Word Association | COWA | |
| Coping Questionnaire | CQ-C/P | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised | CFQ-R | |
| CFQ-R 12 - 13 years | ||
| CFQ-R 14 - Adult | ||
| Dementia Questionnaire for People with Learning Disabilities | Former known as DMR (Dementia Questionnaire for Persons with Mental Retardation) | DLD |
| Developmental Behavior Checklist 2 | DBC2 | |
| Differential Abilities Scale | DAS | |
| Earlier version DAS | DAS | |
| Differential Abilities Scale - II | DAS-II | |
| Preschool Record Form | ||
| School-Age Record Form | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet A | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet B | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet C | ||
| Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System | D-KEFS | |
| D-KEFS Alternate Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Standard Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Color-Word Inference Test | ||
| D-KEFS Design Fluency Test | ||
| D-KEFS Tower Test Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Visual Scanning | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Letter Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Letter Switching | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Motor Speed | ||
| Down Syndrome Mental Status Examination | Multiple versions | DSMSE |
| Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire | Short form; very short form | ECBQ; ECBQ-5 |
| Early Development Questionnaire | EDQ | |
| Edinburgh Handedness Inventory | Edinburgh | |
| Epworth Sleepiness Scale | modified | ESS |
| Euro-QoL 3-level | EQ-5D-3L | |
| Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test | EOWPVT-4 | |
| Expressive Vocabulary Test – Second Edition | Earlier versions EVT | EVT-2 |
| Finger Localization (Benton) | Record Form | |
| Functional Disability Inventory | FDI | |
| Functional Independence Measure for Children | WeeFIM, WeeFIM-II | |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder | GAD-7 | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Handedness | HAND'DNS | |
| HAND'DNS Form 1-2:11 | ||
| HAND'DNS Form 3-4:5 | ||
| Hollingshead Four Factor Index of Social Status | SES measure | Hollingshead |
| Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised | HVLT-R | |
| Form 1 | ||
| Form 2 | ||
| Form 3 | ||
| Form 4 | ||
| Form 5 | ||
| Form 6 | ||
| (The) Hospital of Special Surgery Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale | HSS Pedi-FABS | |
| Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised | IBQ-R | |
| Judgment of Line Orientation | JLO | |
| Form A | ||
| Form H | ||
| Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition | KBIT-2 | |
| Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Third Edition | KTEA-3 | |
| Kessler Psychological Distress Scale | K6, K10 | |
| KeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment | Keymath | KeyMath-3 DA |
| Kiddie Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia | K-SADS | |
| Lafayette Grooved Pegboard Test | GV'D PGBD | |
| K-SADS-PL 2013 (Present and Lifetime Version) | ||
| K-SADS-PL DSM-5 November 2016 | ||
| Leiter International Performance Scale, Third Edition | Leiter-3 | |
| Lysholm Knee Questionnaire/Tegner Activity Scale | Tegner/Lysholm | |
| MacArthur-Bates CDI | Communicative Developmental Inventory: Words & Sentences | MacArthur CDI |
| MINI International Psychiatric Interview | M.I.N.I. | |
| Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-up | M-CHAT-R/F | |
| Movement Disorder Childhood Rating Scale | MD-CRS | |
| Mullen Scales of Early Learning | MULLEN | |
| Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, 2nd Edition | MASC-2 | |
| Multi-Dimensional Assessment Profile of Disruptive Behavior | MAP-DB | |
| National Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 2009, 2019 | YRBS |
| Negative Affectivity Self-Statement Questionnaire | NASSQ | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| NEPSY – Second Edition | Earlier edition NEPSY | NEPSY-II |
| NEPSY-II 3-4 Record Form & response booklet | ||
| NEPSY-II 5-16 Record Form & response booklet | ||
| Neuropsychiatric Inventory | Inventory and Questionnaire | NPI, NPI-Q |
| NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales | See also Vanderbilt Assessment Scales | NIHCQ Vanderbilt |
| NIH Toolbox | Includes cognition, emotion, motor, sensation measures. Translations available. | NIH Toolbox |
| Observer Reported Outcome (The) | ObsRO | |
| Pain Catastrophizing Scale | Parent and Child versions | PCS-P, PSC-C |
| Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire | PSEQ | |
| Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition | Earlier editions exist | PSI-4 |
| Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test | PASAT | |
| Patient Health Questionnaire | PHQ-9 | |
| Peabody Developmental Motor Scales – Second Edition | PDMS-2 | |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Fifth Edition | Earlier versions IIIA, IIIB, 4 | PPVT-5 |
| Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale | PAS | |
| Pediatric Behavior Rating Scale | PBRS | |
| Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory | Inventory and PEDI-Computer Adaptive Test | PEDI; PEDI-CAT |
| Pediatric International Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form | Pedi-IKDC | |
| Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL Measurement Model 4.0) | Version 6: October 2010 | PedsQL |
| PedsQL Neuromuscular Modules | ||
| Note: all versions of the PedsQL are considered validated | ||
| Personal Census Data Form | PER-CEN | |
| Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales – Second Edition | PKBS-2 | |
| Preschool Language Scale-5 | Earlier versions available | PLS-5 |
| Home Communication Questionnaire | ||
| Q-global Home Communication Questionnaire for Age 0-35 Months | ||
| Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System | PROMIS | |
| Psychosocial Assessment Tool | PAT | |
| Purdue Pegboard | PEGBOARD | |
| Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders | NIH Toolbox | Neuro QoL |
| Rapid Assessment of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised | REALM-R | |
| Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behaviors | Internet and written version | |
| Rey Complex Figure Test & Recognition Trial | RCFT | |
| Record Form | ||
| Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia | SARA | |
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) | SCARED | |
| SCARED Child Self-Report Version | ||
| SCARED Child Parent Version | ||
| Sensory Profile | ||
| Sensory Profile Caregiver Questionnaire | ||
| Sensory Profile Adolescent/Adult | ||
| Short Form Health Survey | ||
| Short Form (36) Health Survey v2 | SF-36 | |
| Short Form (12) Health Survey | SF-12 | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Social Communication Questionnaire | SCQ | |
| Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition | SRS-2 | |
| Social Skills Rating System | SSRS | |
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children | STAIC-CH | |
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale – Fifth Edition | Earlier version: SBIS-IV | SB-5 |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire | SDQ | |
| Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents | SIPA | |
| Stroop Color and Word Test | Multiple versions (including adult) | STROOP, SCWT |
| Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (The ) | SWYC | |
| Symbol Digit Modalities Test | SDMT | |
| Tanner Staging | Multiple questionnaires, self-assessment | |
| Test of Early Language Development – Fourth Edition | TELD-4 | |
| TELD-4 Form A | ||
| TELD-4 Form B | ||
| Test of Everyday Attention | TEA | |
| Test of Variables of Attention | T.O.V.A. | |
| Test of Visual Perception | TVPS | |
| TVPS- 3rd Edition | ||
| Theory of Mind Inventory | ToMI | |
| Tower of London-DX 2nd Edition | TOL-DX | |
| TOL-DX Child 7-15 yrs | ||
| TOL-DX Child 16+ yrs | ||
| Trail Making Test | Short Form | TMT |
| Part A | ||
| Part B | ||
| Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire | TSQM 1.4 | TSQM |
| Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test | UNIT | |
| Vanderbilt Assessment Scales | See also NICHQ Vanderbilt | |
| Verbal Fluency Test | VFT | |
| Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales – Third Edition | Vineland (earlier versions) | Vineland-3 |
| Interview Edition Survey Form | ||
| Comprehensive Reports | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV | Earlier versions | WAIS-IV |
| WAIS-IV Record Form | ||
| WAIS-IV Response Form | ||
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition | WASI-II | |
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Fourth Edition | Earlier editions available (II, III, IV) | WIAT-4 |
| WIAT Record Form | ||
| WIAT Response Form | ||
| WIAT Screener Record Form | ||
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition | WISC-V | |
| Wechsler Memory Scale – Fourth Edition | Earlier versions available (R, III) | WMS-4 |
| WMS-IV Adult Battery (Ages 16-69) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Older Adult Battery (Ages 65-90) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Response Booklet | ||
| Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Fourth Edition | WPPSI-IV | |
| Wide Range Achievement of Memory and Learning – Second Edition | WRAML2 | |
| WRAML Examiner Form | ||
| WRAML Picture & Memory Response Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement Test, Fifth Edition | Earlier tests (4) | WRAT5 |
| Blue Test Form | ||
| Tan Test Form | ||
| Profile/Analysis Form | ||
| Widespread Pain Index | WPI | |
| Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Test, Fourth Edition | Earlier versions (R, III) | WJ-C-IV |
| Audio Recording for Forms A&B | ||
| Test Record (Std & Extended Batteries-Form A) | ||
| Subject Response Booklet | ||
| Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale | ZBI |