Reliability and validity of the International Prostate Symptom Score in a Malaysian population

BJU International

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-25

  Quek, K F ^a   Low, W Y ^a   Razack, A H ^b   Loh, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cronbach's ; Internal consistency; Intra class correlation coefficient; IPSS; Malaysia; Test retest reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 0035729139     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2001.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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