Minimal clinically important differences in Incontinence Quality-of-Life scores in stress urinary incontinence

Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1304-1308

  Yalcin, Ilker ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^b   Summers, Kent ^a   Kinchen, Kraig ^a   Bump, Richard C ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THIOPHENES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 33744518535     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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