Validation of a Portuguese version of a generic health quality-of-life questionnaire for children with neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-509

  Maia Filho, Heber de Souza ^a   Hoare, Peter ^b   Gomes, Marleide da Mota ^c  

^a Institute of Psychiatry   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Childhood; Epilepsy; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENURESIS; EPILEPSY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARENTS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750376661     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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