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Family Needs Questionnaire - Pediatric Version (FNQ-P)

The FNQ-P provides clinicians with a tool for assessing the degree to which the unique needs of families have been met across six categories: Health Information, Emotional Support, Instrumental/Practical Support, Community Supports, Professional Support, and Involvement with Care.
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About FNQ-P

The Family Needs Questionnaire - Pediatric Version (FNQ-P), which consists of 40 items, provides clinicians with a tool for assessing the degree to which the unique needs of families have been met across six categories:
  1. Health Information
  2. Emotional Support
  3. Instrumental/Practical Support
  4. Community Supports
  5. Professional Support
  6. Involvement with Care
Application
Assesses the degree to which the family’s needs have been met across six categories of need
Users
Clinicians
Target Population
Suitable for use with families of children and youth (aged 2-18) with acquired brain injury across the care continuum (i.e., acute rehabilitation, post discharge, and in the community).
Survey Type
Likert Scale
Assessment Type
Self Report

How is the FNQ-P administered?

Detailed instructions for completing the questionnaire are provided at the start of the FNQ-P. For each item, the family member respondent is asked to indicate whether each need has been ‘not at all met’, ‘met very little’, ‘somewhat met’, ‘met a lot’, or ‘completely met’ by circling the corresponding number below. For needs that are not applicable at the time of administration, the respondent checks the ‘not needed’ box.

After completion of the FNQ-P, the clinician should review the form with the respondent(s) and request completion of any omitted items. Detailed administration guidelines are in the FNQ-P manual.

How are the FNQ-P scores used and reported?

Detailed FNQ-P scoring, and interpretation guidelines are in the FNQ-P manual and scoring template.
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Download Contents
  • Manual
  • Questionnaire
  • Scoring Template
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Languages Available
  • English
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Norwegian 
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Swedish
Publications
  • Gan, C., van’t Hooft I, Brookes N, Prasauskiene A, Wales L, Wright FV. (2020) First Stage International Validation of the Pediatric Family Needs Questionnaire (FNQ-P). Brain Injury. 34(8):1074-1083. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1782474
  • Gan, C. & Wright, V. (2019). Development of the family needs questionnaire – Pediatric Version [FNQ-P] – Phase I. Brain Injury, 33(5):623-632. doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1566836
  • Gan, C., Provvidenza, C., Townley, A., & Wright, V. (2019) Meeting the needs of families after pediatric brain injury: Do you know what you don’t know? Accepted Abstracts from the International Brain Injury Association’s 13th World Congress on Brain Injury, Brain Injury, 33:sup1,23, doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1608749
  • Gan, C., Wright, V., Van Hooft, I., Brookes, N., Prasauskiene, A., Dunford, C., Verweel, L, & Sheffe, S. (2017). Validation of the Pediatric Family Needs Questionnaire: A Partnership Approach Across Five Countries. Accepted Abstracts from the International Brain Injury Association’s 12th World Congress on Brain Injury, Brain Injury, 31:6-7, 870-871, doi: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1312145
This license is for by Academic and/or Publicly Funded Organizations. For information about license types, fees, and translations, please review: License Types and Fees.

Related Tools/Resources

Family Needs Questionnaire – Pediatric Rehabilitation Version (FNQ-PR)
If you want to use the FNQ for families who have a child with a with a chronic disability other than ABI, we have developed and validated a parallel tool called the FNQ-PR.
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