Twelve-month self-reported quality of life after retropubic radical prostatectomy: A prospective study with Rand 36-Item Health Survey (Short Form-36)

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^a   Galfano, Antonio ^a   Stringari, Carlo ^a   Baldassarre, Roberto ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Health related quality of life; International Index Erectile Function; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; RAND 36 Item Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE METASTASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMPOTENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; STANDARD; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33644848719     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05893.x     Document Type: Article

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