Associations between a functional independence measure (WeeFIM) and the pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL4.0) in young children with physical disabilities

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1023-1031

  Grilli, Lisa ^a,b,c   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,b,c   Majnemer, Annette ^c,d   Couture, Melanie ^a,e   Azoulay, Laurent ^a,e   Swaine, Bonnie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children with physical disabilities; Health outcomes; Pediatric functional measure; Pediatric health related quality of life measure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33747140073     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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