Reliability of telephone administration of the PedsQL™ Generic Quality of Life Inventory™ and Neuromuscular Module™ in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-165

  Dunaway, Sally ^a   Montes, Jacqueline ^a   Montgomery, Megan ^a   Battista, Vanessa ^a   Koo, Benjamin ^a   Marra, Jonathan ^a   De Vivo, Darryl C ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^b   Iannaccone, Susan T ^c   Kaufmann, Petra ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome measure; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory; Spinal muscular atrophy; Telephone reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR MODULE; PEDIATRIC GENERIC CORE QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77950520589     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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