Validity and reliability of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory for 2- to 4-year-old and 5- to 7-year-old Turkish children

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Uneri, Ozden Sukran ^a   Agaoglu, Belma ^b   Coskun, Aysen ^b   Memik, Nursu C ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TURKEY;

EID: 39149102473     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9303-4     Document Type: Article

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