Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions: A comparative analysis of 10 disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities utilizing the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Varni, James W ^a   Limbers, Christine A ^b   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^c  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSTODY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34548523100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-43     Document Type: Article

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