Validation of the prolapse quality-of-life questionnaire (P-QoL) in Portuguese version in Brazilian women

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1191-1202

  de Oliveira, Márcia Silva ^a,b   Tamanini, José Tadeu Nunes ^c,d   de Aguiar Cavalcanti, Geraldo ^a,b,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c State Center for Voiding Dysfunction   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL BARÃO DE LUCENA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor; Prolapse; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLAPSE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 70349153486     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-0934-6     Document Type: Article

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