Paediatric health related quality of life : a European perspective : instrument development, validation, and use in clinical practice

Baars, R.M. (2006)

Doctoral Thesis

Th e DISABKIDS project is a European collaboration of clinicians and investigators that received funding from the European Commission in 2001. Over the last four years the DISABKIDS project's aim was to cross-nationally develop a new European health related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument for children and adolescents with a chronic medical condition 1(Box 1). Some of the steps taken during the developmental process of the European DISABKIDS HRQoL instrument for children and adolescents with a chronic medical condition are described in this thesis. Data from the asthma population is a recurring theme in most chapters as the Dutch DISABKIDS centre operated as asthma consultant

• Quality of live
• Paediatric health
• DISABKIDS project
• Chronic medical condition
• Children
• Adolescents

• All authors: Baars, R.M.
• Supervisor: Wit, J.M.
• Co-supervisor: Koopman, H.M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University
• Date: 2006-03-30
• ISBN (print): 9090203931
• Court: LEI Universiteit Leiden