Patient-reported pediatric quality of life inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales in pediatric patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and comorbid psychiatric disorders: Feasibility, reliability, and validity

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-530

  Limbers, Christine A ^a   Ripperger Suhler, Jane ^b   Heffer, Robert W ^c   Varni, James W ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Comorbidity; Health related quality of life; Patient reported outcomes; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 79959921761     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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