The National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index: Development and validation of a new outcome measure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-375

  Litwin, Mark S ^a   McNaughton Collins, Mary ^a   Fowler Jr , Floyd J ^a   Nickel, J Curtis ^a,a   Calhoun, Elizabeth A ^a,a   Pontari, Michel A ^a   Alexander, Richard B ^a,a   Farrar, John T ^a,a   O'Leary, Michael P ^a,a   Landis, J Richard ^a   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a   Barry, Michael J ^a   Bennett, Charles L ^a   Bushman, Wade ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a   Cifelli, Denise ^a   Duncan, James ^a   Feldman, Harold I ^a   Hunter, Duncan ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a   Kusek, John ^a   Nadler, Robert B ^a   Nyberg, Leroy M ^a   Ponniah, Sathibalan ^a   Propert, Kathleen J ^a   Ruggieri, Michael R ^a   Shoskes, Daniel A ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health status; Pain; Pelvis; Prostatitis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032855823     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68562-X     Document Type: Article

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