Reproducibility, construct validity, and responsiveness of the 'How Are You?' (HAY), a self-report quality of life questionnaire for children with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-58

  Le Coq, Elise M ^a,b   Colland, Vivian T ^a,c,d   Boeke, A Joan P ^a,b   Bezemer, Dick P ^a,b   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Asthma Centre Heideheuvel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children with asthma; Quality of life; Reproducibility; Responsiveness; Self report questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033996695     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900009055427     Document Type: Article

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