Psychometric properties of the TACQOL-asthma, a disease-specific measure of health related quality-of-life for children with asthma and their parents

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Flapper, Boudien C T ^a,e,f   Koopman, H M ^b   Ten Napel, C ^c   Van Der Schans, C P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disease specific; Health related quality of life; Severity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646848937     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1479972306cd102oa     Document Type: Article

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