Some psychometric properties of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQLTM) in the general Serbian population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 945-949

  Stevanović, Dejan ^a   Lakić, Aneta ^b   Damnjanović, Maja ^b  

^a General Hospital Sombor   (Serbia)

^b Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; PedsQLTM; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERBIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SERBIA;

EID: 79960908329     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9833-z     Document Type: Article

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