Validation of the food allergy quality of life - Parental burden questionnaire in the UK

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1841-1849

  Knibb, Rebecca C ^a   Stalker, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Parental burden; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884415696     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0295-3     Document Type: Article

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