Validation of the Paediatric Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (PFA-QL)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-292

  Knibb, Rebecca C ^a   Ibrahim, Nur F ^b   Petley, Rachel ^b   Cummings, Amanda J ^b   King, Rosemary M ^c   Roberts, Graham ^b,c   Erlewyn Lajeunesse, Michel ^b,c   Lucas, Jane S A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Food allergy scale; Parents; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY IMPACT MEASURE; FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE PARENTAL BURDEN SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUT ALLERGY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PEDIATRIC FOOD ALLERGY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876429818     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12060     Document Type: Article

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