Misremembering colostomies? Former patients give lower utility ratings than do current patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-695

  Smith, Dylan M ^a,b,c,e   Sherriff, Ryan L ^b   Damschroder, Laura ^b   Loewenstein, George ^d   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward health conditions; Colostomy patients; Health utility; Quality of life; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750967918     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.6.688     Document Type: Article

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