Psychometric documentation of a quality-of-life questionnaire for patients undergoing antireflux surgery (QOLARS)

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Zeman Zs ^a   Rozsa S ^b   Tihanyi, T ^a   Tarko E ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Borsod County Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antireflux surgery; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Laparoscopic fundopolication; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL WARD; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18844441448     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-9009-4     Document Type: Article

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