Final validation of the Pediatric Tracheotomy Health Status Instrument (PTHSI)

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-233

  Hartnick, Christopher J ^a,b,d   Giambra, Barbara K ^a,c   Bissell, Cynthia ^a   Fitton, Cynthia M ^a,c   Cotton, Robin T ^a,c   Parsons, Susan K ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STRESS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036512048     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.122634     Document Type: Article

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