Health related quality of life in 3 and 4 year old children and their parents: Preliminary findings about a new questionnaire

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Klassen, Anne F ^a   Landgraf, Jeanne M ^b   Lee, Shoo K ^c   Barer, Morris ^c   Raina, Parminder ^d   Chan, Herbert W P ^a   Matthew, Derek ^e   Brabyn, David ^f  

^a Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

^b HealthAct   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Greater Victoria Hospital Society   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1442339491     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-81     Document Type: Article

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