The constipation severity instrument: A validated measure

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-172

  Varma, Madhulika G ^a   Wang, Jennifer Y ^a   Berian, Julia R ^a,b   Patterson, Taryn R ^b   McCrea, G Lindsay ^b   Hart, Stacey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel questionnaire; Constipation severity; Instrument validation; Symptom evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; CONSTIPATION; CONSTIPATION SEVERITY INSTRUMENT; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VARIANCE; VOLUNTEER;

CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39149136187     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9140-0     Document Type: Article

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