Revalidation of description of constipation in terms of recall bias and visual scale analog questionnaire

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1417-1422

  Pamuk, Ömer Nuri ^a,c   Pamuk, Gülsüm Emel ^a   Çelik, Aykut Ferhat ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bowel movement; Constipation; Diary; Irritable bowel syndrome; Visual scale analog questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0346729703     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03155.x     Document Type: Article

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