Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Short Form 15 Generic Core Scales in Japan

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1239-1249

  Chen, Xiaoli ^a,e   Origasa, Hideki ^a   Ichida, Fukiko ^a   Kamibeppu, Keiko ^b   Varni, James W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Healthcare; Japan; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY SHORT FORM 15 GENERIC CORE SCALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34548399297     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9230-4     Document Type: Article

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