The linkage between pediatric quality of life and health conditions: Establishing clinically meaningful cutoff scores for the PedsQL

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 773-781

  Huang, I Chan ^a   Thompson, Lindsay A ^a   Chi, Yueh Yun ^a   Knapp, Caprice A ^a   Revicki, Dennis A ^b   Seid, Michael ^c   Shenkman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clinically meaningful difference; Cutoff; Health related quality of life; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649995612     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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