The PedsQL™ 4.0 generic core scales young adult version: Feasibility, reliability and validity in a university student population

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-622

  Varni, James W ^a   Limbers, Christine A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Patient reported outcomes; PedsQL ; University students; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349131798     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103580     Document Type: Article

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