Validity and reliability of the arabic version of the National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-231

  El Nashaar, Abdel Rahman ^a   Fathy, Ahmad ^a   Zeedan, Ashraf ^a   Al Ahwany, Amr ^a   Shamloul, Rany ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARABIC; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749991300     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094814     Document Type: Article

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