The European DISABKIDS project: Development of seven condition-specific modules to measure health related quality of life in children and adolescents

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Baars, Rolanda M ^a   Atherton, Claire I ^b   Koopman, Hendrik M ^a   Bullinger, Monika ^c,d   Power, Mick ^b,b   Schmidt, Silke ^d   Petersen, Corinna ^d   Koopman, Hendrik ^a   Baars, Rolanda ^a   Hoare, Peter ^e   Atherton, Clare ^b   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^f   Tsanakas, John ^g   Karagianni, Paraskevi ^g   Hatziagorou, Elpis ^g   Vidalis, Athanasios ^h   Chaplin, John Eric ⁱ   Quittan, Michael ^j   Schuhfried, Othmar ^j   Hachemian, Nilouparak ^j   Thyen, Ute ^k   Müller Godeffroy, Esther ^k   more..

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^f University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

^g University Paediatric Clinic

^h Hippocratio Hospital   (Greece)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANXIETY; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 28044440505     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-70     Document Type: Article

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