Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents

Implications for Research and Practice
Herausgeber: Drotar, Dennis

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Produktbeschreibung

Addresses critical needs in the field of health-related quality of life assessment in children and adolescents. It identifies and considers conceptual and methodological issues in research, & recommends how to advance research & clinical applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 151mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780805824797
• ISBN-10: 0805824790
• Artikelnr.: 21549527

Autorenporträt

Dennis Drotar

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: Historical Evolution and Conceptual Foundations of Pediatric Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment.R. Levi
D. Drotar
Critical Issues and Needs in Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions. E.L. Schor
Children's Health and the Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life. J.W. Finkelstein
Methods
Models
and Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents. J.D. Lantos
Some Moral and Political Pitfalls in Measuring Quality of Life. Part II: Population-Based Applications of Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life With Children and Adolescents.R.M. Kaplan
Implications of Quality of Life Assessment in Public Policy for Adolescent Health. B. Starfield
A. Riley
Profiling Health and Illness in Children and Adolescents. J.M. Landgraf
L. Abetz
Influences of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Parental Reports of Children's Physical and Psychosocial Well-Being: Early Experiences With the Child Health Questionnaire. Part III: Methods
Measures
and Applications of Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Children and Adolescents With Specific Chronic and Health Conditions.A.M. Jacobson
K. Fried
Conceptual Issues in Developing Quality of Life Assessments for Children: Illustrations From Studies of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. S. Saigal
P. Rosenbaum
L. Hoult
W. Furlong
D. Feeny
E. Burrows
B. Stoskopf
Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents: Illustration From Studies of Extremely Low Birthweight Survivors. D. Feeny
E.F. Juniper
P.J. Ferrie
L.E. Griffith
G.H. Guyatt
Why Not Just Ask the Kids? Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Asthma. S.R. Boggs
P. Durning
The Pediatric Oncology Quality of Life Scale: Development and Validation of a Disease-Specific Quality of Life Measure. D.I. Czyzewski
L.K. Bartholomew
Quality of Life Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis. S.L. Gortmaker
W.R. Lenderking
C. Clark
S. Lee
M.G. Fowler
J.M. Oleske
the ACTG 219 Team
Development and Use of a Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire in AIDS Clinical Trials: Reliability and Validity of the General Health Assessment for Children. L.S. Walker
C.A. Heflinger
Quality of Life Predictors of Outcome in Pediatric Abdominal Pain Patients: Findings at Initial Assessment and 5-Year Follow-Up. Part IV: Methods
Measures
and Applications of HRQOL Assessment in Children With Growth and Endocrine Problems.I. Wiklund
A. Erling
K. Albertsson-Wikland
Critical Review of Measurement Issues in Quality of Life Assessment for Children With Growth Problems. B. Stabler
N.C. Frank
Quality of Life and the Psychiatric Status of Individuals Treated With GH in Childhood. D.E. Sandberg
P. Michael
Psychosocial Stresses Related to Short Stature: Does Their Presence Imply Psychological Dysfunction? D.H. Skuse
S. Cave
A. O'Herlihy
R. South
Quality of Life in Children With Turner Syndrome: Parent
Teacher
and Individual Perspectives. Part V: Summary of Recommendations for Clinical Research Applications of Assessments of Pediatric Health-Related Quality of Life.D. Drotar
R. Levi
T.M. Palermo
K.A. Riekert
J.R. Robinson
N. Walders
Clinical Applications of Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment for Children and Adolescents. D. Drotar
R. Levi
T.M. Palermo
K.A. Riekert
J.R. Robinson
N. Walders
Recommendations for Research Concerning the Measurement of Pediatric Health-Related Quality of Life.