Reliability and Validity of King's Health Questionnaire in Patients with Symptoms of Overactive Bladder with Urge Incontinence in Japan

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-100

  Uemura, Shinichi ^a,c   Homma, Yukio ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life (HRQoL); King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ); Overactive bladder; Reliability; Urinary incontinence; Validity

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PLACEBO; TOLTERODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URGE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 1542333617     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10169     Document Type: Article

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