The Danish anal sphincter rupture questionnaire: Validity and reliability

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-42

  Due, Ulla ^a   Ottesen, Marianne ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter rupture; Diagnosis specific questionnaire; Reliability; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANAL SPHINCTER RUPTURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DENMARK; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; MENTAL STRESS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUPTURE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249100366     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802443814     Document Type: Article

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