The VA Ostomy Health-Related Quality of Life Study: Objectives, methods, and patient sample

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-791

  Krouse, Robert S ^a,b   Mohler, M Jane ^a,b,c   Wendel, Christopher S ^a   Grant, Marcia ^d   Baldwin, Carol M ^e   Rawl, Susan M ^f   McCorkle, Ruth ^g   Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^h   Ko, Clifford Y ^h,i   Schmidt, C Max ^f   Coons, Stephen Joel ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Ostomy; Quality of life; Stomas

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMA; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 33646242011     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X96380     Document Type: Article

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