1. www.pedsql.org PedsQL PublicationsPeer Reviewed Publications Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Neighbors, K., Schulz, K., Lieu, J.E.C., Heffer, R.W., Tuzinkiewicz, K., Mangione-Smith, R., Zimmerman, J.J., & Alonso, E.M. (in press). The PedsQL Infant Scales: Feasibility, internal consistency reliability and validity in healthy and ill infants. Quality of Life Research.Limbers, C.A., Ripperger-Suhler, J., Boutton, K., Ransom, D., & Varni, J.W. (in press). A comparative analysis of health-related quality of life and family impact between children with ADHD treated in a general pediatric clinic and a psychiatric clinic utilizing the PedsQL. Journal of Attention Disorders. Weissberg-Benchell, J., Zielinski, T.E., Rodgers, S., Greenley, R.N., Askenazi, D., Goldstein, S.L., Fredericks, E.M., McDiarmid, S., Williams, L., Limbers, C.A., Tuzinkiewicz, K., Lerret, S., Alonso, E.M., & Varni, J.W. (2010). Pediatric health-related quality of life: Feasibility, reliability and validity of the PedsQL Transplant Module. American Journal of Transplantation, 10, 1677-1685. Davis, S.E., Hynan, L.S., Limbers, C.A., Andersen, C.M., Greene, M.C., Varni, J.W., & Iannaccone, S.T. (2010). The PedsQL in pediatric patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Neuromuscular Module and Generic Core Scales. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, 11, 97-109. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Bryant, W.P., & Wilson, D.P. (2010). The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric obesity: Feasibility, reliability, and validity. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 5, 34-42. Seid, M., Limbers, C.A., Driscoll, K.A., Opipari-Arrigan, L.A., Gelhard, L.R, & Varni, J.W. (2010). Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales and Asthma Symptoms Scale in vulnerable children with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 47, 170-177. Newman, D.A., Limbers, C.A., & Varni, J.W. (2010). Factorial invariance of child self-report across English and Spanish language groups in a Hispanic population utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 26, 194-202. Iannaccone, S.T., Hynan, L.S., Morton, A., Buchanan, R., Limbers, C.A., & Varni, J.W. (2009). The PedsQL in pediatric patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Neuromuscular Module. Neuromuscular Disorders, 19, 805-812. Limbers, C.A., Heffer, R.W., & Varni, J.W. (2009). Health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning from the perspective of parents of school-aged children with Asperger's Syndrome utilizing the PedsQL. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1529-1541. Limbers, C.A., Newman, D.A., & Varni, J.W. (2009). Factorial invariance of child self-report across race/ethnicity groups: A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis approach utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Annals of Epidemiology, 19, 575-581. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Bryant, W.P., & Wilson, D.P. (2009). The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in Type 1 diabetes: Feasibility, reliability, and validity. Pediatric Diabetes, 10, 321-328. Page 1 of 37

2. www.pedsql.org Varni, J.W., & Limbers, C.A. (2009). The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales young adult version: Feasibility, reliability and validity in a university student population. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 611-622. Marcus, S.B., Strople, J.A., Neighbors, K., Weissberg-Benchell, J., Nelson, S.P., Limbers, C.A., Varni, J.W., & Alonso, E.M. (2009). Fatigue and health-related quality of life in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 7, 554-561. Steele, M.M., Steele, R.G., & Varni, J.W. (2009). Reliability and validity of the PedsQL Oral Health Scale: Measuring the relationship between child oral health and health-related quality of life. Childrens Health Care, 38, 228-224. Varni, J.W., & Limbers, C.A. (2009). The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: Measuring pediatric health-related quality of life from the perspective of children and their parents. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 56, 843-863. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., & Newman, D.A. (2009). Using factor analysis to confirm the validity of children's self-reported health-related quality of life across different modes of administration. Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials, 6, 185-195. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Newman, D.A., & Seid, M. (2008). Longitudinal factorial invariance of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales child self-report version: One year prospective evidence from the California State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Quality of Life Research, 17, 1153-1162. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Burwinkle, T.M., Bryant, W.P., & Wilson, D.P. (2008). The ePedsQL in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: Feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Internet administration. Diabetes Care, 31, 672-677. Limbers, C.A., Newman, D.A., & Varni, J.W. (2008). Factorial invariance of child self-report across age subgroups: A confirmatory factor analysis of ages 5 to 16 years utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Value in Health, 11, 659668. Varni, J.W., & Limbers, C.A. (2008). The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in young adults: Feasibility, reliability and validity in a university student population. Quality of Life Research, 17, 105-114. Limbers, C.A., Newman, D.A., & Varni, J.W. (2008). Factorial invariance of child self-report across healthy and chronic health condition groups: A confirmatory factor analysis utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 630-639. Goldstein, S.L., Graham, N., Warady, B.A., Seikaly, M., McDonald, R., Burwinkle, T.M., Limbers, C.A., & Varni, J.W. (2008). Measuring health-related quality of life in children with ESRD: Performance of the Generic and ESRD-Specific Instrument of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 51, 285-297. Uzark, K., Jones, K., Slusher, J., Limbers, C.A., Burwinkle, T.M., & Varni, J.W. (2008). Quality of life in children with heart disease as perceived by children and parents. Pediatrics, 121, e1060- e1067. Limbers, C.A., Newman, D.A., & Varni, J.W. (2008). Factorial invariance of child self-report across socioeconomic status groups: A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis utilizing the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 401-411. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., & Newman, D.A. (2008). Factorial invariance of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales child self-report across gender: A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis with 11,356 children ages 5 to 18. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 3, 137-148.Page 2 of 37 3. www.pedsql.org Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., & Burwinkle, T.M. (2007). 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. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5:1, 1-13. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., & Burwinkle, T.M. (2007). Parent proxy-report of their childrens 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. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5:2, 1-10. Palmer, S.N., Meeske, K.A., Katz, E.R., Burwinke, T.M., & Varni, J.W. (2007). The PedsQL Brain Tumor Module: Initial reliability and validity. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 49, 287-293. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., & Burwinkle, T.M. (2007). 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. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5:43, 1-15. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., & Seid, M. (2006). The PedsQL 4.0 as a school population health measure: Feasibility, reliability, and validity. Quality of Life Research, 15, 203-215. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Berrin, S.J., Sherman, S.A., Artavia, K., Malcarne, V.L., & Chambers, H.G. (2006). The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Generic Core Scales and Cerebral Palsy Module. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48, 442-449. Chan, K.S., Mangione-Smith, R., Burwinkle, T.M., Rosen, M., & Varni, J.W. (2005). The PedsQL: Reliability and validity of the Short-Form Generic Core Scales and Asthma Module. Medical Care, 43, 256-265. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T. M., & Seid, M. (2005). The PedsQL as a pediatric patient-reported outcome: Reliability and validity of the PedsQL Measurement Model in 25,000 children. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 5, 705-719. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., & Szer, I.S. (2004). The PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in pediatric rheumatology: Reliability and validity. Journal of Rheumatology, 31, 2494-2500. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Rapoff, M.A., Kamps, J.L., & Olson, N. (2004). The PedsQL in pediatric asthma: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Asthma Module. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 297-318. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Seid, M., & Skarr, D. (2003). The PedsQL 4.0 as a pediatric population health measure: Feasibility, reliability, and validity. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 3, 329-341. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Jacobs, J.R., Gottschalk, M., Kaufman, F., & Jones, K.L. (2003). The PedsQL in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Type 1 Diabetes Module. Diabetes Care, 26, 631-637. Uzark, K., Jones, K., Burwinkle, T.M., & Varni, J.W. (2003). The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory in children with heart disease. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 18, 141-148. Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Katz, E.R., Meeske, K., & Dickinson, P. (2002). The PedsQL in pediatric cancer: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales, Multidimensional Fatigue Scale, and Cancer Module. Cancer, 94, 2090-2106. Page 3 of 37 4. www.pedsql.org Varni, J.W., Seid, M., Knight, T.S., Burwinkle, T.M., Brown, J., & Szer, I.S. (2002). The PedsQL in pediatric rheumatology: Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales and Rheumatology Module. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 46, 714-725. Varni, J.W., Seid, M., Knight, T.S., Uzark, K., & Szer, I.S. (2002). The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales: Sensitivity, responsiveness, and impact on clinical decision-making. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 175-193. Varni, J.W., Seid, M., & Kurtin, P.S. (2001). PedsQL 4.0: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales in healthy and patient populations. Medical Care, 39, 800-812. Varni, J.W., Seid, M., & Rode, C.A. (1999). The PedsQL: Measurement model for the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Medical Care, 37, 126-139. Additional Publications Caocci, G., Efficace, F., Ciotti, F., Roncarolo, M.G., Vacca, A., Piras, E., Littera, R., Dawood Markous, R.S., Collins, G.S., Ciceri, F., Mandelli, F., Marktel, S., & La Nasa, G. (in press). Prospective assessment of health related quality of life in pediatric beta-thalassemia patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Stephen, M.D., Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Yafi, M., Heptulla, R.A., Renukuntla, V.S., Bell, C.S., & Brosnan, P.G. (in press). Health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning in pediatric short stature: Comparison of growth hormone naive, growth hormone treated, and healthy samples. European Journal of Pediatrics. Varni, J.W., Limbers, C.A., Bryant, W.P., & Wilson, D.P. (in press). The assessment of fatigue in pediatric patients with short stature utilizing the PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale. The Endocrinologist. Marlais, M., Fishman, J.R., Kglmeier, J., Fell, J.M., & Rawat, D.J. (in press). Reduced quality of life in children with Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Acta Paediatrica. Amiri, P., Ardakani, E.M., Jalali-Farahani, S., Hosseinpanah, F., Varni, J.W., Ghofranipour, F., Montazeri, A., & Azizi, F. (in press). Reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales in adolescents. Quality of Life Research. Jafari, P., Ghanizadeh, A., Akhondzadeh, S., & Mohammadi, M.R. (in press). Health-related quality of life of Iranian children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Quality of Life Research. Wade, T.J., & Guo, J.J. (in press). Linking improvements in health-related quality of life to reductions in Medicaid costs among students who use school-based health centers. American Journal of Public Health. Du, R.Y., McGrath, C., Yiu, C.K., & King N.M. (in press). Health and oral health-related quality of life among preschool children with cerebral palsy. Quality of Life Research. Sung, L., Yanofsky, R., Klaassen, R.J., Dix, D., Pritchard, S., Winick, N., Alexander, S., & Klassen, A. (in press). Quality of life during active treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. International Journal of Cancer. Dale, J.C., Cochran, C.J., Roy, L., Jernigan, E., & Buchanan, G.R. (in press). Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. Page 4 of 37 5. www.pedsql.org Jia, Z., Shi, L., Cao, Y., Delancey, J., & Tian, W. (in press). Health-related quality of life of "left- behind children": A cross-sectional survey in rural China. Quality of Life Research. Kunz, J.H., Hommel, K.A., & Greenley, R.N. (in press). Health-related quality of life of youth with inflammatory bowel disease: A comparison with published data using the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Banerjee, T., Pensi, T., & Banerjee, D. (in press). HRQoL in HIV-infected children using PedsQL 4.0 and comparison with uninfected children. Quality of Life Research. Kuhlthau, K., Orlich, F., Hall, T.A., Sikora, D., Kovacs, E.A., Delahaye, J., & Clemons, T.E. (2010). Health-related quality of life in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Results from the Autism Treatment Network. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 721729. Hao, Y., Tian, Q., Lu, Y., Chai, Y., & Rao, S. (in press). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales. Quality of Life Research. Dunaway, S., Montes, J., Montgomery, M., Battista, V., Koo, B., Marra, J., De Vivo, D.C., Hynan, L.S., Iannaccone, S.T., & Kaufmann P. (2010). Reliability of telephone administration of the PedsQL Generic Quality of Life Inventory and Neuromuscular Module in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Neuromuscular Disorders, 20, 162-165. Klaassen, R.J., Krahn, M., Gaboury, I., Hughes, J., Anderson, R., Grundy, P., Ali, S.K., Jardine, L., Abla, O., Silva, M., Barnard, D., & Cappelli M. (2010). Evaluating the ability to detect change of health-related quality of life in children with Hodgkin disease. Cancer, 116, 1608-1614. Klaassen, R.J., Barr, R.D., Hughes, J., Rogers, P., Anderson, R., Grundy, P., Ali, S.K., Yanofsky, R., Abla, O., Silva, M., Carret, A.S., & Cappelli, M. (2010). Nurses provide valuable proxy assessment of the health-related quality of life of children with Hodgkin disease. Cancer, 116, 1602-1607. Alonso, E.M., Limbers, C.A., Neighbors, K., Martz, K., Bucuvalas, J.C., Webb, T., & Varni, J.W. (2010). Cross-sectional analysis of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatrics, 156, 270-276. Ingerski, L.M., Modi, A.C., Hood, K.K., Pai, A.L., Zeller, M., Piazza-Waggoner, C., Driscoll, K.A., Rothenberg, M.E., Franciosi, J.F., & Hommel, K.A. (2010). Health-related quality of life across pediatric chronic conditions. Journal of Pediatrics, 156, 639-644. Mowry, E.M, Julian, L.J, Im-Wang, S., Chabas, D., Galvin, A.J., Strober, J.B., & Waubant, E. (2010). Health-related quality of life is reduced in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Pediatric Neurology, 43, 97-102. Dampier, C., Lieff, S., Lebeau, P., Rhee, S., McMurray, M., Rogers, Z., Smith-Whitley, K., & Wang, W. (2010). Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: A report from the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers Clinical Trial Consortium. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 55, 485-494. Langley, R.G., Paller, A.S., Hebert, A.A., Creamer, K., Weng, H.H., Jahreis, A., Globe, D., Patel, V., & Orlow, S.J. (in press). Patient-reported outcomes in pediatric patients with psoriasis undergoing etanercept treatment: 12-week results from a phase III randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Baggott, C.R., Dodd, M., Kennedy, C., Marina, N., Matthay, K.K., Cooper, B., & Miaskowski C. (in press). An evaluation of the factors that affect the health-related quality of life of children following myelosuppressive chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer. Page 5 of 37 6. www.pedsql.org Pogorzala, M., Styczynski, J., Kurylak, A., Debski, R., Wojtkiewicz, M., & Wysocki, M. (2010). Health-related quality of life among pediatric survivors of primary brain tumors and acute leukemia. Quality of Life Research, 19, 191198. Roumelioti, M.E., Wentz, A., Schneider, M.F., Gerson, A.C., Hooper, S., Benfield, M., Warady, B.A., Furth, S.L., & Unruh, M.L. (2010). Sleep and fatigue symptoms in children and adolescents with CKD: A cross-sectional analysis from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 55, 269-280. Gerson, A.C., Wentz, A., Abraham, A.G., Mendley, S.R., Hooper, S.R., Butler, R.W., Gipson, D.S., Lande, M.B., Shinnar, S., Moxey-Mims, M.M., Warady, B.A., & Furth S.L. (2010). Health- related quality of life of children with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease. Pediatrics, 125, e349-57. Howard, K., Lo, E., Sheppard, S., Stargatt, R., & Davidson, A. (2010). Behavior and quality of life measures after anesthesia for tonsillectomy or ear tube insertion in children. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 20, 913-923. Sato, I., Higuchi, A., Yanagisawa, T., Mukasa, A., Ida, K., Sawamura, Y., Sugiyama, K., Saito, N., Kumabe, T., Terasaki, M., Nishikawa, R., Ishida, Y., & Kamibeppu, K. (2010). Development of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Brain Tumor Module. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 8:38, 1-14. de Wit, M., Delemarre-van de Waal, H.A., Bokma, J.A., Haasnoot, K., Houdijk, M.C., Gemke, R.J., & Snoek, F.J. (2010). Follow-up results on monitoring and discussing health-related quality of life in adolescent diabetes care: Benefits do not sustain in routine practice. Pediatric Diabetes, 11, 175-181. Lloyd, A., Swinburn, P., Boye, K.S., Curtis, B., Sarpong, E., Goldsmith, K., Bode, B., & Aronoff, S. (2010). A valuation of infusion therapy to preserve islet function in type 1 diabetes. Value in Health, 13, 636-642. Wen, G., McKean-Cowdin, R., Varma, R., Tarczy-Hornoch, K., Cotter, S.A., Borchert, M., & Azen. S. (in press). General health-related quality of life in preschool children with strabismus or amblyopia. Ophthalmology. McManus, B.M., Robert, S.A., Albanese, A., Sadek-Badawi, M., & Palta, M. (in press). Relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and social function of Wisconsin 2- and 3-year- olds born at very low birth weight. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Bray P., Bundy, A.C., Ryan, M.M., North, K.M., & Everett, A. (in press). Health-related quality of life in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Agreement between parents and their sons. Journal of Child Neurology. Schurman, J.V., Wu, Y.P., Grayson, P., & Friesen, C.A. (2010). Pilot study to assess the efficacy of biofeedback-assisted relaxation training as an adjunct treatment for pediatric functional dyspepsia associated with duodenal eosinophilia. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 837847. 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Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Mano, K.E., Khan, K.A., Ladwig, R.J., & Weisman, S.J. (in press). The impact of pediatric chronic pain on parents' health-related quality of life and family functioning: Reliability and validity of the PedsQL 4.0 Family Impact Module. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Xu, C., Jackson, M., Scuffham, P.A., Wootton, R., Simpson, P., Whitty, J., Wolfe, R., & Wainwright, C.E. (in press). A randomized controlled trial of an interactive voice response telephone system and specialist nurse support for childhood asthma management. Journal of Asthma. Kalyva, E., Malakonaki, E., Eiser, C., & Mamoulakis, D. (in press). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM): Self and parental perceptions. Pediatric Diabetes. Yang, X., Xiao, N., & Yan, J. (in press). The PedsQL in pediatric cerebral palsy: reliability and validity of the Chinese version Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cerebral Palsy Module. Quality of Life Research. Moon, R.J., Sutton, T., Wilson, P.M., Kirkham, F.J., & Davies, J.H. (in press). Pituitary function at long-term follow up of childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. Gorzkowski, J.A., Kelly, E.H., Klaas, S.J., & Vogel, L.C. (in press). Girls with spinal cord injury: Social and job-related participation and psychosocial outcomes. Rehabilitation Psychology. Boyle, S.E., Jones, G.L., & Walters, S.J. (in press). Physical activity, quality of life, weight status and diet in adolescents. Quality of Life Research. Clarke, S.A., Skinner, R., Guest, J., Darbyshire, P., Cooper, J., Shah, F., Roberts, I., & Eiser, C. (in press). Health-related quality of life and financial impact of caring for a child with Thalassaemia Major in the UK. Child: Care, Health and Development. 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Symptoms and quality of life in obese children and adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Thurston, S., Paul, L., Loney, P., Wong, M., & Browne, G. (in press). The quality of life of a multidiagnosis group of special needs children: Associations and costs. International Journal of Pediatrics.Page 7 of 37 8. www.pedsql.org Berkes, A., Pataki, I., Kiss, M., Kemny, C., Kardos, L., Varni, J.W., & Mogyorsy, G. (2010). Measuring health-related quality of life in Hungarian children with heart disease: Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cardiac Module. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 8:14, 1-12. Malone, L.A., & Vogtle, L.K. (in press). Pain and fatigue consistency in adults with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation. Kernick, D., Reinhold, D., Campbell, J.L. (in press). Impact of headache on young people in a school population. 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