Measuring quality of life in Japanese children: Development of the Japanese version of PedsQL

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-88

  Kobayashi, Kyoko ^a   Kamibeppu, Kiyoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Parents; PedsQL; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SELF REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 76249116935     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02889.x     Document Type: Article

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