The Infant Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire Revised: Development and Validation as an Evaluative Instrument

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 588-596

  Kleinman, Leah ^a   Rothman, Margaret ^b   Strauss, Richard ^b   Orenstein, Susan R ^c   Nelson, Suzanne ^d   Vandenplas, Yvan ^e   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^f   Revicki, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33646151861     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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