The validity of a symptom diary in ratings of dyspepsia measured against a detailed interview: Do patients and clinicians agree in their assessment of symptoms?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-912

  Madsen, L G ^a   Hansen, J M ^a   Gronvold M ^b   Bytzer, P ^a,c  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c University of Køge   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548331857     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03432.x     Document Type: Article

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