The French aging males' symptoms (AMS) scale: Methodological review

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Myon, Eric ^a   Martin, Nicolas ^a   Taieb, Charles ^a  

^a Centre d'Immunologie Pierre Fabre   (France)

Author keywords

Aging males symptoms; AMS; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; FRENCH AGING MALE SYMPTOMS SCALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 16344394212     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-20     Document Type: Article

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