Medical, functional, and social determinants of health-related quality of life in individuals with myelomeningocele

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 609-612

  Bier, Jo Ann Blaymore ^a   Prince, Anthony ^b   Tremont, Michelle ^c   Msall, Michael ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

EID: 23944452019     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001209     Document Type: Article

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