Patient-centred outcome measures in oral medicine: Are they valid and reliable?

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 670-674

  Hegarty, A M ^a   McGrath, C ^b   Hodgson, T A ^a   Porter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Oral lichen planus; Patient outcome measures and psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 18744394601     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0260     Document Type: Article

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