Validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of pain following ventral hernia repair - The VHPQ

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1219-1224

  Clay, Leonard ^a,c   Fränneby, Ulf ^a   Sandblom, Gabriel ^a   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^a   Strigård, Karin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Pain assessment; Pain questionnaire; Postoperative pain; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VENTRAL HERNIA PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; HERNIORRHAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877306795     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-0932-x     Document Type: Article

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