The European KIDSCREEN approach to measure quality of life and well-being in children: Development, current application, and future advances

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 791-803

  Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a   Herdman, Michael ^b   Devine, Janine ^a   Otto, Christiane ^a   Bullinger, Monika ^a   Rose, Matthias ^c   Klasen, Fionna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Insight Consulting and Research   (Spain)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Generic measurement; KIDSCREEN; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84897059565     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0428-3     Document Type: Article

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