Understandability, content validity, and overall acceptability of the Children's International Mucositis Evaluation scale (ChIMES) child and parent reporting

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Tomlinson, Deborah ^a   Gibson, Faith ^b   Treister, Nathaniel ^c,d   Baggott, Christina ^e   Judd, Peter ^a   Hendershot, Eleanor ^a   Maloney, Anne Marie ^a   Doyle, John ^a   Feldman, Brian ^a   Kwong, Karis ^a   Sung, Lillian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Mucositis assessment in children; Parents and children as content experts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 67651238890     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819c21ab     Document Type: Article

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