The minimum important differences for the urinary scales of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 580.e1-580.e7

  Barber, Matthew D ^a   Spino, Cathie ^b   Janz, Nancy K ^b   Brubaker, Linda ^c   Nygaard, Ingrid ^d   Nager, Charles W ^e   Wheeler, Thomas L ^f  

^a Women's Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

incontinence; minimum important difference; questionnaire; responsiveness; stress urinary health related quality of life; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE SEVERITY INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMETER; PELVIC FLOOR DISTRESS INVENTORY; PELVIC FLOOR IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URINARY STRESS INVENTORY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA PESSARY;

EID: 64249161483     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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