Developing the DCGM-12 [Elektronische Ressource] : a short-form of the DISABKIDS condition-generic module assessing health related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions / Holger Muehlan

Developing the DCGM-12: A short-form of the DISABKIDS condition-generic module assessing health related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions Doctoral Thesis Holger Muehlan University of Hamburg 1 1. Dissertation supervisor (main): Prof. Dr. Silke Schmidt (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald) 2. Dissertation supervisor (second): PD Dr. Susanne Fricke (University of Hamburg) 1. Disputation supervisor (main): Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer (University Clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf) 2. Disputation supervisor (second): Prof. Dr. Berhhard Dahme (University of Hamburg) Date of Disputation: 21. October 2010 Place of Disputation: Hamburg Year of Printing: 2010 Printed in Hamburg. 2 3 Acknowledements This thesis has a long history. Inspired by Monika Bullinger at the time I was joining the “inter-national quality of life” working group, being employed at the university hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf in 2003 to 2005, the work was ultimately finalized between 2005 and 2008 in various places in Germany. Step by step, sometimes just one step forwards and two steps backwards, the thesis slowly grew. There are many people I would like to include in my acknowledgements, especially my former colleagues in Hamburg and Mainz.