Health related quality of life of Dutch children: psychometric properties of the PedsQL in the Netherlands
Open Access
- 3 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Pediatrics
- Vol. 9 (1), 68
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-9-68
Abstract
Knowledge about psychometric properties of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) in the Netherlands is limited and Dutch reference data are lacking. Aim of the current study is to collect Dutch reference data of the PedsQL and subsequently assess reliability, socio-demographic within-group differences and construct validity.Keywords
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