Search Results - "Varni, James W."

Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Functional and Organic Gastrointestinal Diseases by Varni, James W., PhD, Bendo, Cristiane B., PhD, Nurko, Samuel, MD, Shulman, Robert J., MD, Self, Mariella M., PhD, Franciosi, James P., MD, Saps, Miguel, MD, Pohl, John F., MD

“…Objective To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in pediatric patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) and organic…”
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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 by Varni, James W., PhD, Limbers, Christine A., MS

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been recognized as an important outcome, some contend the most important outcome for children's health care…”
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Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions: a comparative analysis of 10 disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Varni, James W, Limbers, Christine A, Burwinkle, Tasha M

“…Advances in biomedical science and technology have resulted in dramatic improvements in the healthcare of pediatric chronic conditions. With enhanced survival,…”
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An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales by Irwin, Debra E., Stucky, Brian, Langer, Michelle M., Thissen, David, DeWitt, Esi Morgan, Lai, Jin-Shei, Varni, James W., Yeatts, Karin, DeWalt, Darren A.

“…Purpose The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) aims to develop self-reported item banks for clinical research. The PROMIS…”
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How young can children reliably and validly self-report their health-related quality of life?: an analysis of 8,591 children across age subgroups with the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Varni, James W, Limbers, Christine A, Burwinkle, Tasha M

“…The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort…”
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Parent proxy-report of their children's health-related quality of life: an analysis of 13,878 parents' reliability and validity across age subgroups using the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales by Varni, James W, Limbers, Christine A, Burwinkle, Tasha M

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement has emerged as an important health outcome in clinical trials, clinical practice improvement strategies, and…”
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Development and psychometric properties of the PROMIS®pediatric fatigue item banks by Lai, Jin-Shei, Stucky, Brian D., Thissen, David, Varni, James W., DeWitt, Esi Morgan, Irwin, Debra E., Yeatts, Karin B., DeWalt, Darren A.

“…Purpose This Paper reports on the development and psychometric properties of self-reported pediatric fatigue item banks as part of the Patient-Reported…”
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Cognitive interviewing methodology in the development of a pediatric item bank: a patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) study by Irwin, Debra E, Varni, James W, Yeatts, Karin, DeWalt, Darren A

“…The evaluation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in health care has seen greater use in recent years, and methods to improve the reliability and validity of…”
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Health Status of Children Alive 10 Years after Pediatric Liver Transplantation Performed in the US and Canada: Report of the Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Experience by Ng, Vicky L., MD, FRCP(C), Alonso, Estella M., MD, Bucuvalas, John C., MD, Cohen, Geoff, PhD, Limbers, Christine A., PhD, Varni, James W., PhD, Mazariegos, George, MD, Magee, John, MD, McDiarmid, Susan V., MD, Anand, Ravinder, PhD

“…Objectives To determine clinical and health-related quality of life outcomes, and to derive an “ideal” composite profile of children alive 10 years after…”
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Health-Related Quality of Life of Severely Obese Children and Adolescents by Schwimmer, Jeffrey B, Burwinkle, Tasha M, Varni, James W

“…CONTEXT: One in 7 US children and adolescents is obese, yet little is known about their health-related quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVE: To examine the…”
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Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Scores (PEESS v2.0) identify histologic and molecular correlates of the key clinical features of disease by Martin, Lisa J., PhD, Franciosi, James P., MD, MS, MSCE, Collins, Margaret H., MD, Abonia, J. Pablo, MD, Lee, James J., PhD, Hommel, Kevin A., PhD, Varni, James W., PhD, Grotjan, J. Tommie, BS, Eby, Michael, BS, He, Hua, MS, Marsolo, Keith, PhD, Putnam, Philip E., MD, Garza, Jose M., MD, Kaul, Ajay, MD, Wen, Ting, PhD, Rothenberg, Marc E., MD, PhD

“…Background The Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Score (PEESS v2.0) measures patient-relevant outcomes. However, whether patient-identified domains…”
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The PedsQL™ Infant Scales: feasibility, internal consistency reliability, and validity in healthy and ill infants by Varni, James W., Limbers, Christine A., Neighbors, Katie, Schulz, Kris, Lieu, Judith E. C., Heffer, Robert W., Tuzinkiewicz, Krista, Mangione-Smith, Rita, Zimmerman, Jerry J., Alonso, Estella M.

“…Objective The PedsQL ™ (Pediatrie Quality of Life Inventory ™ ) is a modular instrument designed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and…”
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Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banks by Irwin, Debra E, Gross, Heather E, Stucky, Brian D, Thissen, David, DeWitt, Esi Morgan, Lai, Jin Shei, Amtmann, Dagmar, Khastou, Leyla, Varni, James W, DeWalt, Darren A

“…Pediatric self-report should be considered the standard for measuring patient reported outcomes (PRO) among children. However, circumstances exist when the…”
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The PedsQL Family Impact Module: preliminary reliability and validity by Varni, James W, Sherman, Sandra A, Burwinkle, Tasha M, Dickinson, Paige E, Dixon, Pamela

“…The PedsQL Measurement Model was designed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents. The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales…”
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Health-related quality of life measurement in pediatric clinical practice: an appraisal and precept for future research and application by Varni, James W, Burwinkle, Tasha M, Lane, Mariella M

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement has emerged as an important health outcome in clinical trials, clinical practice improvement strategies, and…”
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Cross-Sectional Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients by Alonso, Estella M., MD, Limbers, Christine A., MS, Neighbors, Katie, MPH, Martz, Karen, MS, Bucuvalas, John C., MD, Webb, Thomas, MD, MSc, Varni, James W., PhD

“…Objective To investigate the distribution of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients compared with a normative population…”
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The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric rheumatology: reliability and validity by VARNI, James W, BURWINKLE, Tasha M, SZER, Ilona S

“…OBJECTIVE:. The PedsQL (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory) is a modular instrument designed to measure health related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and…”
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Health-Related Quality of Life among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors by Switzer, Galen E., PhD, Bruce, Jessica, BA, Kiefer, Deidre M., MPH, Kobusingye, Hati, MS, Drexler, Rebecca, BS, AAS, Besser, RaeAnne M., BS, Confer, Dennis L., MD, Horowitz, Mary M., MD, MS, King, Roberta J., MPH, Shaw, Bronwen E., MD, PhD, van Walraven, Suzanna M., MPA, PhD, Wiener, Lori, PhD, Packman, Wendy, PhD, JD, Varni, James W., PhD, Pulsipher, Michael A., MD

“…Objectives To examine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among sibling pediatric hematopoietic stem cell donors from predonation through 1 year…”
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Validation of the Korean version of the pediatric quality of life inventory 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales in school children and adolescents using the Rasch model by Kook, Seung Hee, Varni, James W

“…The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a child self-report and parent proxy-report instrument designed to assess health-related quality of life…”
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The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy Module by Varni, James W, Burwinkle, Tasha M, Berrin, Susan J, Sherman, Sandra A, Artavia, Kanela, Malcarne, Vanessa L, Chambers, Henry G

“…This investigation determined the measurement properties of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.0 Cerebral Palsy (CP) Module. PedsQL 4.0 Generic…”
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