Development and validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of bowel and lower urinary tract symptoms in women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-423

  Hiller, L ^a   Radley, S ^a   Mann, C H ^b   Radley, S C ^c   Begum, G ^d   Pretlove, S J ^b   Salaman, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSTRUMENT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; RELIABILITY; TIME; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036548972     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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