The PedsQL™: Reliability and validity of the short-form generic core scales and asthma module

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-265

  Chan, Kitty S ^a,e   Mangione Smith, Rita ^b   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^c   Rosen, Mayde ^a   Varni, James W ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Children; Health related quality of life; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY RELATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 14844317406     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200503000-00008     Document Type: Article

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