A valid and reliable measure of constipation-related quality of life

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1434-1442

  Wang, Jennifer Y ^a   Hart, Stacey L ^b   Lee, Janet ^a   Berian, Julia R ^a,c   McCrea, G Lindsay ^c   Varma, Madhulika G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel questionnaire; Constipation; Quality of life measure; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 68149137465     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181a51196     Document Type: Article

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