Measuring health-related quality of life in Greek children: Psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM 4.0 Generic Core Scales

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-305

  Gkoltsiou, Konstantina ^a   Dimitrakaki, Christine ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^b   Varni, James W ^c,d   Tountas, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greece; Health related quality of life; Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM 4.0; PedsQL ; School children; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 39149134275     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9294-1     Document Type: Article

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