The PedsQL™ brain tumor module: Initial reliability and validity

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Palmer, Stephanie N ^a   Meeske, Kathleen A ^b   Katz, Ernest R ^b   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^c   Varni, James W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Children; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory ; Pediatrics; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846673840     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21026     Document Type: Article

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