Development of a digestive health status instrument: Tests of scaling assumptions, structure and reliability in a primary care population

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1067-1078

  Shaw, M ^a,b   Talley, N J ^c   Adlis, S ^a   Beebe, T ^a   Tomshine, P ^a   Healey, M ^a  

^a PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031793116     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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