Development and validation of the Gothenburg Trismus Questionnaire (GTQ)

Oral Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 730-736

  Johnson, Joakim ^a   Carlsson, Sigrid ^a,b   Johansson, Mia ^a   Pauli, Nina ^a   Rydén, Anna ^c   Fagerberg Mohlin, Bodil ^a   Finizia, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOTHENBURG TRISMUS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMAL INCISAL OPENING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; TRISMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TRISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864418348     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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