The evaluation of an electronic visual analogue scale system for appetite and mood

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 558-560

  Whybrow, S ^a   Stephen, J R ^a   Stubbs, R J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Electronic data; Palmtop computers; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; APPETITE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PAPER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645644681     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602342     Document Type: Article

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