Concurrent validity, internal consistency and responsiveness of the Portuguese version of the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) in women after stress urinary incontinence surgery

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 479-486

  Tamanini, Jose T N ^a,b,c,d,e   Dambros, Miriam ^a,b,c,d   D'Ancona, Carlos A L ^a,b,c,d   Palma, Paulo C R ^a,b,c,d   Botega, Neury J ^a,b,c,d   Rios, Luis A S ^a,b,c,d   Gomes, Cristiano M ^a,b,c,d   Baracat, Fabio ^a,b,c,d   Bezerra, Carlos A ^a,b,c,d   Netto Jr , Nelson R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaire; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; KING HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTUGAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19944430442     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382004000600005     Document Type: Article

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