Which questionnaire? A psychometric evaluation of three patient-based outcome measures used to assess surgery for stress urinary incontinence

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Reid, Fiona M ^a,b   Smith, Anthony R B ^b   Dunn, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome measures; Quality of life; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRISTOL FEMALE LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINGS HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM IMPACT INDEX; SYMPTOM SEVERITY INDEX; URINE INCONTINENCE;

COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 33846590478     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20303     Document Type: Article

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