Health-related quality of life in a Norwegian sample of healthy adolescents: Some psychometric properties of CHQ-CF87-N in relation to KINDL-N

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-425

  Helseth, Sølvi ^a   Lund, Thorleif ^b   Christophersen, Knut Andreas ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychometrics; Quality of life inventory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645020845     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.11.136     Document Type: Article

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