A blueprint for symptom scales and responses: Measurement and reporting

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Wyrwich, K W ^a   Staebler Tardino, V M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADAPTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342512850     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.034348     Document Type: Review

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