Health related quality of life in children and adolescents: Reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire, a cross sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Haraldstad, Kristin ^a,c   Christophersen, Knut Andreas ^b   Eide, Hilde ^a   Nativg, Gerd Karin ^c   Helseth, Sølvi ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Health related quality of life; KIDSCREEN; Psychometric characteristics; Public health; School health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955523985     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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