A preliminary study on the reliability of the Malay version of the Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 (PEDSQL) Generic Core Scales among children with disabilities in Kelantan, Malaysia: Parent-proxy report

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 588-596

  Rahman, Azriani Ab ^a   Ariffin, Nor Hashimah ^a   Musa, Kamarul Imran ^a   Ibrahim, Wan Pauzi Wan ^b   Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail ^a   Othman, Azizah ^b   Aziz, Aniza Abd ^b   Harith, Sakinah ^b   Rahman, Normastura Abd ^b   van Rostenberghe, Hans ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Malay version; PEDSQL; Quality of life; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY VERSION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY VERSION 4.0 GENERIC CORE SCALE; MALAYSIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 80052055368     PISSN: 18404529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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