Reliability and validity of the National Institutes of Health: Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index in a Malaysian population

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-87

  Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^a   Liong, Men Long ^b   Yuen, Kah Hay ^a   Lee, Shaun ^a   Yang, Jin Rong ^c   Teh, Chu Leong ^c   Khor, Timothy ^d   Yap, Hin Wai ^b   Krieger, John N ^e  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Pantai Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

^d Gleneagles Medical Center Penang   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Malay; National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATITIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PELVIC PAIN; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644559967     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-005-0037-z     Document Type: Article

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