The development of a new measure of quality of life in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: The Reflux questionnaire

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-343

  Macran, Susan ^a   Wileman, Samantha ^b   Barton, Garry ^c   Russell, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Quality of life; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33846149982     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9005-3     Document Type: Article

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