The PedsQL™ Infant Scales: Feasibility, internal consistency reliability, and validity in healthy and ill infants

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Varni, James W ^a   Limbers, Christine A ^b   Neighbors, Katie ^c   Schulz, Kris ^d   Lieu, Judith E C ^e   Heffer, Robert W ^f   Tuzinkiewicz, Krista ^c   Mangione Smith, Rita ^g   Zimmerman, Jerry J ^g   Alonso, Estella M ^c  

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

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Infants; Patient reported outcomes; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951730062     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9730-5     Document Type: Article

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