Reliability and validity of the King's Health Questionnaire for lower urinary tract symptoms in both genders

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1673-1678

  Okamura, Kikuo ^a   Nojiri, Yoshikatsu ^a   Osuga, Yoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life (HRQoL); International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS); King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ); Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KING HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 67149119036     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08335.x     Document Type: Article

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