Measuring health-related quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scalès

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reinfjell, Trude ^a   Diseth, Trond H ^b   Veenstra, Marijke ^b   Vikan, Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PEDIATRICS; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750242752     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-61     Document Type: Article

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