The King's Health questionnaire for assessing quality of life in women with urinary incontinence (German version);Der King's Fragebogen zur erfassung der lebensqualität von patientinnen mit harninkontinenz (Deutsche version)

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1042-1050

  Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Dorfer, M ^a   Tamussino, K ^a   Daghofer, F ^a   Kern, P ^a   Frudinger, A ^a   Greimel, E ^a  

^a Geburtshilflich Gynakologische Universitats Klinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

King's Health Questionnaire; Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Stress incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 29244450838     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872957     Document Type: Article

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