Improving a newly developed patient-reported outcome for thyroid patients, using cognitive interviewing

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1009-1017

  Watt, Torquil ^a,b   Rasmussen, Åse Krogh ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^b,c   Bjorner, Jakob Bue ^d   Watt, Sara Hope ^a   Bonnema, Steen Joop ^e   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^e   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive interviews; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life; Questionnaire development; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THYROID FUNCTION; TOXIC GOITER;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 50249131327     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9364-z     Document Type: Article

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