Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: Feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ji, Yi ^a   Chen, Siyuan ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Xiao, Nong ^b   Yang, Xue ^b   Zheng, Shan ^a   Xiao, Xianmin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDSQL 3.0 CANCER MODULE CHINESE MANDARIN VERSION; PEDSQL 4.0 GENERIC CORE SCALE CHINESE MANDARIN VERSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 81555230360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-103     Document Type: Article

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