Comparing children's and parents'perspectives of health outcome in paediatric hydrocephalus

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 587-592

  Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Cochrane, D Douglas ^b   Mcneely, P Daniel ^c   Shams, Iffat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX MARK 3; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 48749105038     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03037.x     Document Type: Article

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