Validity and reliability of the 'Ten Questions' Questionnaire for detecting moderate to severe neurological impairment in children aged 6-9 years in rural Kenya

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Mung'ala Odera, V ^a   Meehan, R ^a   Njuguna, P ^a   Mturi, N ^a   Alcock, K ^b   Carter, J A ^a,c   Newton, C R J C ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurological impairment; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0942279485     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073977     Document Type: Article

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