The DISABKIDS generic quality of life instrument showed cross-cultural validity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 587-598

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Debensason, David ^b   Mühlan, Holger ^a   Petersen, Corinna ^a   Power, Mick ^c   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^b   Bullinger, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Instrument development; Instrument, cross cultural; Instrument, disease specific; Instrument, generic; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646511102     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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