A new short and simple health-related quality of life measurement for paediatric rheumatic diseases: Initial validation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1272-1280

  Filocamo, Giovanni ^a   Schiappapietra, Benedetta ^a   Bertamino, Marta ^a   Pistorio, Angela ^a   Ruperto, Nicolino ^a   Magni Manzoni, Silvia ^b   Lanni, Stefano ^b   Saad Magalhaes, Claudia ^a,c   Galasso, Roberta ^a   Lattanzi, Bianca ^a   Muratore, Valentina ^b   Tani, Daniela ^a   Martini, Alberto ^a,d   Ravelli, Angelo ^a,d  

^a Cura a Carattere Scientifico G Gaslini   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health related quality of life; Paediatrics; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954188493     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq065     Document Type: Article

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