Comparative Responsiveness of Generic Versus Disease-Specific and Weighted Versus Unweighted Health Status Measures in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-502

  Bessette, Louis ^a,b   Sangha, Oliver ^b   Kuntz, Karen M ^b   Keller, Robert B ^c   Lew, Robert A ^b   Fossel, Anne H ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Health status assessment; Preferences; Responsiveness; SF 12; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032037521     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199804000-00005     Document Type: Article

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