Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Psychometric Assessment

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1083-1089

  Wehler, M ^a   Reulbach, U ^b   Nichterlein, R ^b   Lange, K ^b   Fischer, B ^b   Farnbacher, M ^b   Hahn, E G ^b   Schneider, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Health status; Quality of life; Reliability; Short Form 36; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0242267106     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310005956     Document Type: Article

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