Symptom scales–The AOM-SOS and AOM-FS
The two scales being used in WATCH are the text-based AOM—Severity of Symptoms Scale (AOM-SOS) [The questions in the AOM-SOS are based on behaviours which could be observed by carers even in pre-verbal children, and it requires two minutes to complete for literate users under ideal conditions [The AOM-FS is a Likert scale, with seven faces in a circular design displaying increasing levels of distress from smiling to crying with verbal descriptors from “not a problem” to “extreme problem”, scored 1–7. The carer is requested to circle the face that most applies to their child’s wellbeing ‘right now’ (