The PedsQLTM 4.0 as a School Population Health Measure: Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity
Quality of Life ResearchPublished 8 February 2006
James W. Varni, Tasha M. Burwinkle, Michael Seid
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The results demonstrate the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales as a school population health measure for children and adolescents.
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The results demonstrate the feasibility, reliability and validity of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales as a school population health measure. The implications of measuring HRQOL in schoolchildren at the school, district, and county level for identifying and ameliorating health disparities are discussed.
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