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Petersen-Ewert et al. (2005): study ZZ Europe 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Petersen-Ewert, C.; Bullinger, M.; Power, M.; Schmidt, S.
Title:
Development and Pilot-Testing of a Health Related Quality of Life Chronic Generic Module for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions: A European Perspective.
Source:
Quality of Life Research, 2005, Vol. 14, 1065 - 1077

Investigation

Public
8-16 aged chronic patients, 7 EU countries, 2003
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 360
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

During the past 4 weeks, did you enjoy life?
1  never
2  seldom
3  quite often
4  very often
5  always
Classification:
M-PL-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Health-related quality of life
Remarks:
skewness alpha: -1,77
Page in publication:
1065-77
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.45 -
SD:
0.79 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Generic health-related quality of life (G-HQOL) Satisfaction with multiple domains of life
Global health self-rating