Psychometric properties and validation of the German-Language King's Health Questionnaire in women with stress urinary incontinence

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Dorfer, Martha ^a   Tamussino, Karl ^a   Greimel, Elfriede ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

King's Health Questionnaire; Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Stress incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 11144220542     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20092     Document Type: Article

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