Population norms and cut-off-points for suboptimal health related quality of life in two generic measures for adolescents: The Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Serra Sutton, Vicky ^a,b   Ferrer, Montse ^b,c   Rajmil, Luis ^a,b,c   Tebé, Cristian ^a,b   Simeoni, Marie Claude ^d   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^e  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OSLO SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALE AND SELF DECLARATION OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 65549109084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-35     Document Type: Article

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