Brief report: The KIDSCREEN follow-up study on Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Spanish children and adolescents. Pilot test and representativeness

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-231

  Palacio Vieira, J A ^a   Villalonga Olives, E ^b,c   Alonso, J ^b,c   Valderas, J M ^c   Herdman, M ^b,c   Espallargues, M ^a,b   Berra, S ^a   Rajmil, L ^a,c  

^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)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health measurements; Health related Quality of Life; Longitudinal studies; Pilot test; Sample representativeness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KIDSCREEN 52; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 75949117401     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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