Development of the short form endometriosis health profile questionnaire: The EHP-5

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 695-704

  Jones, Georgina ^a,b,c,d   Jenkinson, Crispin ^b   Kennedy, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Health related quality of life; Short Form Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 1942518757     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021321.48041.0e     Document Type: Article

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