Psychometric properties of the Swedish PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 generic core scales

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1504-1512

  Petersen, Solveig ^a   Hägglöf, Bruno ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Bergström, Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; PedsQL; Quality of life; Sweden; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 68549088945     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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