Italian Validation of the Urogenital Distress Inventory and Its Application in LUTS Patients

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1323-1329

  Artibani, Walter ^a   Pesce, Francesco ^b   Prezioso, Domenico ^c   Scarpa, Roberto M ^d,e   Zattoni, Filiberto ^f   Tubaro, Andrea ^g   Rizzi, Carlo A ^h   Santini, Ambra M ^h   Simoni, Lucia ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Azienda CPO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f Policlinico GB Rossi   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h Boehringer Ingelheim Italia SpA   (Italy)

ⁱ Medidata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bother; Female LUTS; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL DISTRESS INVENTORY; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751072947     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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