Validation of the German version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) in childhood cancer patients off treatment and children with epilepsy

Validation of the German version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) in childhood cancer patients off treatment and children with epilepsy

Felder-Puig R; Frey E; Proksch K; Varni JW; Gadner H; Topf R

Quality of Life Research

2004

PedPal Lit; Adolescent Child Child; physiopathology; methods Psychometrics; psychology Germany; psychology Parents Pediatrics; psychology Self Assessment (Psychology)Sickness Impact Profile Translating United States; and test the usefulness of the instrument in other clinical populations and healthy children.; epidemiology Humans Neoplasms; instrumentation Quality of Life; Preschool Comparative Study Epilepsy; score distributions tended to be skewed toward higher HRQL; sensitivity and responsiveness; the German PedsQL seems to be equivalent to the original version. Future methodologic research should evaluate construct validity

2004

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