The Spanish version of the German health-related quality of life questionnaire for children and adolescents: The Kindl;Versión Española del cuestionario Alemán de calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en población infantil y de adolescentes: El Kindl

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 514-521

  Rajmil, L ^a   Serra Sutton, V ^a   Fernandez Lopez, J A ^b   Berra, S ^a   Aymerich, M ^a   Cieza, A ^c   Ferrer, M ^d   Bullinger, M ^e   Ravens Sieberer, U ^f  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud de Riosa   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Perceived health; Questionnaire; Reliability; Spanish version; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3242876958     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13062318     Document Type: Article

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