Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Questionnaire for Pruritus Assessment for use in the French Canadian burn survivor population

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-92

  Parent Vachon, M ^a   Parnell, L K S ^b   Rachelska, G ^c   Lasalle, L ^d   Nedelec, B ^a,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Precision Consulting   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Hopital de Readaptation Villa Medica   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Cross cultural comparison; Pruritus evaluation; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 38049181276     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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