Semantic validation of the Portuguese version of the adult attention-deficit disorder/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Quality of Life Questionnaire (AAQoL);Validação semântica da versão em língua portuguesa do Questionário de Qualidade de Vida em Adultos (AAQoL) que apresentam transtorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade (TDAH)

Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 87-90

  Mattos, Paulo ^a   Segenreich, Daniel ^a   Dias, Gabriela Macedo ^a   Saboya, Eloisa ^a   Coutinho, Gabriel ^a   Brod, Meryl ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Quality of life; Translating; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79960313234     PISSN: 01016083     EISSN: 1806938X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-60832011000300001     Document Type: Article

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