Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1229-1233

  Hao, Yuantao ^a   Tian, Qi ^a   Lu, Yiyun ^b   Chai, Yiming ^c   Rao, Shaoqi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Chinese; Health related quality of life; Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 generic core scales; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; LEUKEMIA; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHILD; CHINA; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEUKEMIA; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 79951725821     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9672-y     Document Type: Article

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