Short health scale: A valid, reliable, and responsive instrument for subjective health assessment in Crohn's disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Stjernman, Henrik ^a   Grännö, Christer ^a   Järnerot, Gunnar ^b   Ockander, Leif ^a   Tysk, Curt ^b,c   Blomberg, Björn ^b   Ström, Magnus ^d   Hjortswang, Henrik ^d  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bowel disease; Health; Health related quality of life; Inflammatory; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT HEALTH SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 38849119091     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20255     Document Type: Article

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