Journal article
Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of a New Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The Kids’ ITP Tools
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To refine the disease-specific health-related quality of life measure in immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and to determine its validity, reliability, and responsiveness to change.
STUDY DESIGN: The initial phase involved cognitive debriefing of 12 families, on the basis of which the measure was modified and then named Kids' ITP Tools (KIT). The measure was administered on 2 occasions with the Pediatric Quality of …
Authors
Klaassen RJ; Blanchette VS; Barnard D; Wakefield CD; Curtis C; Bradley CS; Neufeld EJ; Buchanan GR; Silva MP; Chan AKC
Journal
The Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 150, No. 5, pp. 510–515.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.01.037
ISSN
0022-3476