Development of a questionnaire to measure quality of life in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 164, Issue 583, 1998, Pages 50-56

  Wong, Eric ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b,c   Cook, Deborah J ^b   Griffith, Lauren E ^b   Irvine, E Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Irritable bowel syndrome; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ENTEROPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032216683     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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