Measuring quality of life in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease: psychometric and clinical characteristics
Abstract:Objective-To extend development of a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL) measure by determining its factor structure and associations of factors with generic HRQoL measures and clinical variables.Patients and Methods-Cross-sectional survey of children and adolescents ages 8 years to 18 years and their parents attending any of 6 US IBD centers, recruited from either existing registry of age-eligible subjects or visits to participating centers. The survey included gen… Show more
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