Examining the psychometric characteristics of the Dutch childhood health assessment questionnaire: Room for improvement?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 979-983

  Takken, T ^a   Van Den Eijkhof, F ^b   Hoijtink, H ^b   Helders, P J M ^a   Van Der Net, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Disability evaluation; Functional ability; Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis; Outcome assessment (Health care)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748706575     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0108-5     Document Type: Article

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