Journal article
Development of a health-related quality of life instrument for use in children with spina bifida
Abstract
The objective of this study was to develop a spina bifida health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument. Items were generated through semi-structured interviews, and reduced by frequency- importance product ranking. Validity was assessed by correlating the HRQOL score with a global question concerning the child's well-being using the Spearman's rank coefficient, and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (P-H) using the Pearson …
Authors
Parkin PC; Kirpalani HM; Rosenbaum PL; Fehlings DL; Van Nie A; Willan AR; King D
Journal
Quality of Life Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 123–132
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
3 1997
DOI
10.1023/a:1026486016212
ISSN
0962-9343