The PedsQL™ as a patient-reported outcome in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia: An analysis of OMERACT domains

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Varni, James W ^a   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^b   Limbers, Christine A ^c   Szer, Ilona S ^d  

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

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

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; CUSTODY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33847346557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-9     Document Type: Article

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