Psychometric validation of the Japanese translation of the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire in patients with heartburn

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 807-815

  Hongo, Michio ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshikazu ^b   Shimozuma, Kojiro ^c   Kumagai, Yuji ^d   Sawada, Mitsutaka ^e   Nii, Masahiro ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Heart burn; Japan; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE IN REFLUX AND DYSPEPSIA; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 35448975510     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2098-9     Document Type: Article

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