Quality of life and psychosocial functioning of children with cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-88

  Pulgaron, Elizabeth R ^a   Wile, Diana ^a   Schneider, Kerri ^a   Young, Ming Lon ^a   Delamater, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; cardiac; children; psychosocial functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873391233     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112000388     Document Type: Article

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