Validating the Incontinence Symptom Severity Index: A Self-Assessment Instrument for Voiding Symptom Severity in Women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2384-2391

  Twiss, Christian ^a   Triaca, Veronica ^b   Anger, Jennifer ^c   Patel, Mayank ^c   Smith, Ariana ^c   Kim, Ja Hong ^c   Raz, Shlomo ^c   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

outcome assessment (health care); questionnaires; urinary bladder; urinary incontinence; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE SYMPTOM SEVERITY INDEX; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURIA; PELVIC FLOOR DISTRESS INVENTORY SHORT FORM; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL DISTRESS INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOIDING SYMPTOM SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70350449082     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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