The Portuguese version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4 SUPPL. 23, 2001, Pages

  Melo Gomes, J A ^a,g   Ruperto, N ^b   Canhao, H ^c   Fonseca, J E ^c   Quintal, A ^d   Salgado, M ^e   Santos, M J ^f  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE REUMATOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL CENTRAL DO FUNCHAL   (Portugal)

^e CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^g NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation; Health related quality of life; Healthy children; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); Portuguese Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ); Portuguese Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17144469185     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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