The Minneapolis-Manchester quality of life instrument: Reliability and validity of the youth form

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Bhatia, Smita ^a,b   Jenney, Meriel E M ^a   Wu, Eric ^a   Bogue, Monica K ^a   Rockwood, Todd H ^a   Feusner, James H ^a   Friedman, Debra L ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a City of Hope National Medical Center   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Health Questionnaire; CHQ; Health related quality of life; HRQoL; Minneapolis Manchester Quality of Life Youth Form; MMQL YF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 3242700693     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.02.034     Document Type: Article

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