Comparison of a composite symptom score assessing both symptom frequency and severity with a score that assesses frequency alone: A preliminary study to develop a practical symptom score to detect gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in a resource-poor setting

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 662-668

  Amarasiri, Lakmali D ^a   Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam ^b   De Silva, Arjuna P ^b   Dassanayake, Anuradha S ^a   Ranasinha, Channa D ^a   De Silva, Janaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Frequency; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Reliability; Scores; Severity; Symptom; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951912923     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832cfe12     Document Type: Article

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