Conference
PREDICTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE (QL) IN SPINA BIFIDA (SB) BY PARENTAL ATTITUDES AND PHYSICAL EXAM
Abstract
We developed a QL instrument for SB, to examine the relative contributions to children's QL of Parental Life Attitudes (PLA), and Level of Lesion (LL). We hypothesised that both influenced the patient's QL. Items were generated from patients and families. Irrelevant items were eliminated by frequency importance products. This reliable (Test-Rest CC 0.7-0.9) instrument of 40 items in 10 domains, (eg. social, emotional) was validated in 2 age …
Authors
Kirpalani H; Parkin P; VanNie A; Fehlings O; Willan A; Rosenbaum P; Schulze A
Volume
35
Pagination
pp. 265-265
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
February 1994
DOI
10.1203/00006450-199402000-00064
Conference proceedings
Pediatric Research
Issue
2
ISSN
0031-3998