The Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS) is a short self-reporting instrument for children with a chronic, physical condition. It provides a systematic assessment of how the child feels about his or her illness.
The questionnaire consists of 13 questions.
5 questions have responses progressing from negative to positive
8 questions have responses in reverse order from positive to negative
Scoring:
• questions are scored on a 5 point scale, with 1 negative and 5 positive
