Assessing health-related quality of life in young Japanese children with chronic conditions: Preliminary validation of the DISABKIDS smiley measure

• Main Authors: Hatoko Sasaki (Author), Naoko Kakee (Author), Naho Morisaki (Author), Rintaro Mori (Author), Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer (Author), Monika Bullinger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although there is an increasing need to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children and adolescents with chronic conditions in Japan, there is currently no standardized measure in which young children can directly answer questions about their HRQOL. The DIS...