Titre :
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Evaluating the performance of the centers for disease control and prevention core health-related quality of life scale with adolescents. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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Keith-J ZULLIG ;
Jwanzer DRANE ;
Escott HUEBNER ;
Robert-F VALOIS ;
University of South Carolina. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. Columbia. SC. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Public health reports (vol. 119, n° 6, 2004)
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Pagination :
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577-584
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Psychométrie
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Prévention santé
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Adolescent
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Homme
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Evaluation
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Qualité vie
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Autoévaluation
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Utilisation
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS xv4R0xAA. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's core Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) scale using data from 5,520 public high school students. Methods : The 1997 South Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey was the source of data. Chi-square analysis was applied to assess scale construct validity. Adjusted multiple logistic regression with selected tobacco and substance use variables was used to assess known-groups validity of the scale's Healthy Days index (items regarding poor physical and mental health days during the past 30 days). Results : Construct validity was supported for the core HRQOL scale by the associations between self-perceived health and physical health, mental health, and activity limitation days. A greater number of poor physical health days, poor mental health days, or activity limitation days was associated with poorer self-perceived health (p
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