Development and initial validation of a pictorial quality of life measure for young children with asthma

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 966-976

  Everhart, Robin S ^a   Fiese, Barbara H ^b,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MC 081 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Psychometric validation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349446675     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsn145     Document Type: Article

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