Design and validation of a comprehensive fecal incontinence questionnaire

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1502-1522

  Macmillan, Alexandra K ^a   Merrie, Arend E H ^a   Marshall, Roger J ^a   Parry, Bryan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEFECATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 52649154138     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9301-9     Document Type: Article

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