Imprecision in patient reports of dizziness symptom quality: A cross-sectional study conducted in an acute care setting

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1329-1340

  Newman Toker, David E ^a,d   Cannon, Lisa M ^a,b   Stofferahn, Matthew E ^a,c   Rothman, Richard E ^a   Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^a   Zee, David S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIZZINESS; DIZZINESS SYMPTOM QUALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY; VERTIGO;

EID: 35848953625     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.11.1329     Document Type: Article

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