Incorporating children's and their parents' perspectives into condition-specific quality-of-life instruments for children with cerebral palsy: A qualitative study

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-711

  Parkinson, Kathryn N ^a   Rice, Helen ^a   Young, Bridget ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; child; disability; qualitative; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FATIGUE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052500444     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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