Validity and reliability of a newly developed quality of life questionnaire for patients with chronic oral mucosal diseases

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 604-609

  Ni Riordain, Richeal ^a   Mccreary, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chronic oral mucosal diseases; Oral medicine; Quality of life; Questionnaire development; Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LICHEN PLANUS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; OROFACIAL GRANULOMATOSIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PEMPHIGUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052410555     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2011.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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