PedsQL™ multidimensional fatigue scale in sickle cell disease: Feasibility, reliability, and validity

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-177

  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,h  

^a Department of Pediatrics Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation Children's Hospital of Wisconsin of the Children's Research Institute Medical College 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 M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; FATIGUE; INFANT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; HEALTH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE SCALE; RELIABILITY; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84891669253     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24776     Document Type: Article

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