The PedsQL™ multidimensional fatigue scale in pediatric rheumatology: Reliability and validity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2494-2500

  Varni, James W ^a   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^b   Szer, Ilona S ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of California School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Pediatrics; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REST; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SLEEP; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10044273165     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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