Pediatric health-related quality of life: Feasibility, reliability and validity of the PedsQL™ transplant module

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1686-1694

  Weissberg Benchell, J ^a   Zielinski, T E ^a   Rodgers, S ^a   Greenley, R N ^b   Askenazi, D ^c   Goldstein, S L ^d   Fredericks, E M ^e   McDiarmid, S ^f   Williams, L ^g   Limbers, C A ^h   Tuzinkiewicz, K ^a   Lerret, S ⁱ   Alonso, E M ^a   Varni, J W ^j  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

Patient report outcomes; pediatrics; PedsQL ; quality of life; transplant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77954069840     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03141.x     Document Type: Article

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