Development and validation of a generic scale for use in transition programmes to measure self-management skills in adolescents with chronic health conditions: The TRANSITION-Q

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 547-558

  Klassen, A F ^a   Grant, C ^a   Barr, R ^a   Brill, H ^a   Kraus de Camargo, O ^b   Ronen, G M ^a   Samaan, M C ^a   Mondal, T ^a   Cano, S J ^c   Schlatman, A ^a   Tsangaris, E ^a   Athale, U ^a   Wickert, N ^d   Gorter, J W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychometrics; Rasch measurement; Self management; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84931003527     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12207     Document Type: Article

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