The Finnish version of the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index correlates well with the visual pain scale: Translation and results of a modified linguistic validation study

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Leskinen, M J ^a   Mehik, A ^b   Sarpola, A ^d   Tammela, T L J ^c   Jarvelin M R ^d,e  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linguistic validation; NIH CPSI; Pelvic pain; Prostatitis; VAS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042134508     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04313.x     Document Type: Article

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