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. 2009 Aug;56(4):843-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.016.

The pediatric quality of life inventory: measuring pediatric health-related quality of life from the perspective of children and their parents

James W Varni  1 , Christine A Limbers
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The pediatric quality of life inventory: measuring pediatric health-related quality of life from the perspective of children and their parents

James W Varni et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been recognized as an important outcome, some contend the most important outcome for children's health care interventions. The PedsQL Measurement Model was designed as a modular approach to measuring pediatric health-related quality of life, developed to integrate the relative merits of generic and disease-specific approaches. We suggest that part of the process of improving the quality of health care includes measuring HRQOL outcomes from the perspective of children and their parents on a routine basis, consistent with a consumer-based health care system approach.

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