The construction of a new evaluative GERD questionnaire - Methods and state of the art

Digestion

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Armstrong, David ^a   Mönnikes, Hubert ^b   Bardhan, Karna Dev ^c   Stanghellini, Vincenzo ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construction; GERD; Questionnaire; ReQuest ; Scale

Indexed keywords

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 5644294290     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080465     Document Type: Review

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