Psychometric properties of the Sinhala version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in early adolescents in Sri Lanka

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Danansuriya, Manjula N ^a   Rajapaksa, Lalini C ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health Related Quality of Life; PedsQL ; Psychometrics; Sinhala; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIATRICS; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84868697635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-105     Document Type: Article

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