Responsiveness of the electronic Personal Assessment Questionnaire-Pelvic Floor (ePAQ-PF)

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Jones, G L ^a   Radley, S C ^b   Lumb, J ^c   Farkas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Prolapse; Questionnaire; Responsiveness; TVT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRONIC PERSONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE PELVIC FLOOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 63749102955     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0790-9     Document Type: Article

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