Development of a measure of the health-related quality of life of children in public care

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-415

  Upton, P ^a   Maddocks, Alison ^b   Eiser, C ^a   Barnes, P M ^b   Williams, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foster carers; Health related quality of life; Looked after children; PedsQL ; Public care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 21044458430     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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