Factor structure of the Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form-50 and predictors of health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2201-2211

  Ferro, Mark A ^a   Landgraf, Jeanne M ^b   Speechley, Kathy N ^c  

^a McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

^b HealthActCHQ Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Factor analysis; Health related quality of life; Measurement; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889096695     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0351-7     Document Type: Article

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