Development and psychometric testing of a quality of recovery score after general anesthesia and surgery in adults

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-90

  Myles, Paul S ^b   Hunt, Jennifer O ^b   Nightingale, Claire E ^b   Fletcher, Helen ^b   Beh, Terence ^b   Tanil, Deral ^b   Nagy, Attila ^b   Rubinstein, Alan ^b   Ponsford, Jennie L ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (Australia)

^b The Alfred ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032902463     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00016     Document Type: Article

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