An acute cough-specific quality-of-life questionnaire for children: Development and validation

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1179-1185.e4

  Anderson James, Sophie ^a   Newcombe, Peter A ^a,b   Marchant, Julie M ^a   O'Grady, Kerry Ann F ^c   Acworth, Jason P ^a,b   Stone, D Grant ^d   Turner, Catherine T ^b   Chang, Anne B ^c,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute cough; Children; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARENT PROXY CHILDREN ACUTE COUGH SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 8; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COUGH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84937511795     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.036     Document Type: Article

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