Does the severity of congenital heart defects affect disease-specific health-related quality of life in children in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-353

  Tahirović, Elnur ^a   Begić, Hidajeta ^b   Nurkić, Midhat ^c   Tahiruvić, Husref ^b   Varni, James W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTRE TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; PedsQL; Quality of life; Severity of congenital heart defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77749261748     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-009-1060-7     Document Type: Article

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