Measuring health-related quality of life in Hungarian children with heart disease: Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cardiac Module

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Berkes, Andrea ^a   Pataki, István ^a   Kiss, Mariann ^a   Kemény, Csilla ^a   Kardos, László ^b   Varni, James W ^c   Mogyorósy, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Kenezy Hospital   (Hungary)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77949569628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-14     Document Type: Article

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