PedsQL™ sickle cell disease module: Feasibility, reliability, and validity

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1338-1344

  Panepinto, Julie A ^a   Torres, Sylvia ^a   Bendo, Cristiane B ^b   Mccavit, Timothy L ^c   Dinu, Bogdan ^d   Sherman Bien, Sandra ^e   Bemrich Stolz, Christy ^f   Varni, James W ^g  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health related quality of life; Patient reported outcomes; Pediatrics; PedsQL; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUSTODY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERIC CORE SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL DISEASE MODULE SCALE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879230959     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24491     Document Type: Article

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