The Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease Impact Scale: A patient management tool for primary care

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1451-1459

  Jones, R ^a,b   Coyne, K ^c   Wiklund, I ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249817862     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03343.x     Document Type: Article

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