The development of a new measure of quality of life for children with congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Macran, Susan ^a   Birks, Yvonne ^b   Parsons, Jonathan ^c   Sloper, Patricia ^b   Hardman, Geoff ^a   Kind, Paul ^a   van Doorn, Carin ^d   Thompson, David ^e   Lewin, Robert ^b  

^a Centre for Health Economics

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child; Congenital cardiac malformations; Health outcomes; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33747739136     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951106000102     Document Type: Article

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