Confirmatory factor analysis of the Patient Assessment of Constipation-Symptoms (PAC-SYM) among patients with chronic constipation

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1597-1605

  Neri, Luca ^a   Conway, Paul Maurice ^b   Basilisco, Guido ^c   Altomare, Donato Francesco ^d   Annese, Vito ^e   Badiali, Danilo ^f   Bassotti, Gabrio ^g   Battaglia, Edda ^h   Bazzocchi, Gabriele ⁱ   Bellini, Massimo ^j   Bendia, Emanuele ^k   Benini, Luigi ^l   Biscaglia, Giuseppe ^m   Biviano, Ivano ^f   Bocchini, Renato ⁿ   Bonfrate, Leonilde ^o   Bonventre, Sebastiano ^p   Bossa, Fabrizio ^m   Brandimarte, Giovanni ^q   Cannizzaro, Renato ^r   Cicala, Michele ^s   Cipolletta, Livio ^t   Clara, Virgilio ^u   Cogliandro, Rosanna ^v   Comandini, Giulia ^w   Corazziari, Enrico ^f   Crotta, Sergio ^x   Cuomo, Rosario ^y   D'Alba, Lucia ^z   De Giorgi, Francesco ^y   Del Piano, Mario ^aa   Di Fonzo, Michela ^q   Di Mario, Francesco ^ab   Di Stefano, Michele ^ac   D'Onofrio, Vittorio ^ad   Efthymakis, Kostantinos ^ae   Fiore, Pierluigi ^af   Fortuna, Manuela ^ag   Fries, Walter ^ah   Gaetani, Eleonora ^ai   Galeazzi, Francesca ^aj   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^ai   Geccherle, Andrea ^ak   Giangregorio, Francesco ^al   Girardi, Lisa ^am   Grassini, Mario ^h   Groppo, Marzia ^an   Guarnieri, Giovanni ^ab   Iovino, Paola ^ao   Lo Cascio, Massimiliano ^ap   Lolli, Roberto ^aq   Luzza, Francesco ^ar   Macarri, Giampiero ^ap   Marino, Maria ^as   Miraglia, Stefania ^u   Monastra, Santo ^at   Neri, Maria Cristina ^au   Neri, Matteo ^ae   Noris, Roberto Antonio ^av   Orselli, Silvia ^e   Passaretti, Sandro ^aw   Paviotti, Alberto ^ax   Pazzi, Paolo ^w   Pilotto, Alberto ^ay   Portincasa, Piero ^o   Ranaldo, Nunzio ^d   Ravelli, Paolo ^az   Rogai, Francesca ^ba   Sablich, Renato ^bb   Savarino, Vincenzo ^bc   Spinzi, Giancarlo ^bd   Stanghellini, Vincenzo ^be   Tammaro, Leonardo ^z   Torresan, Francesco ^v   Usai Satta, Paolo ^bf   Valle, Claudio ^bg   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e AOUC Careggi   (Italy)

^f POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^g SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

ⁱ Spinal Cord Unit Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute   (Italy)

^j UO Gastroenterologia Universitaria AOUP Pisana   (Italy)

^k OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^m CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Casa di Cura Malatesta Novello   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^q Ospedale Cristo Re   (Italy)

^r CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^t UO di Gastroenterologia PO "A Maresca" ASL Napoli 3 Sud   (Italy)

^u ARNAS Garibaldi Nesima   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^w UO Gastroenterologia AO Bufalini   (Italy)

^x Unita Gastroenterologia ed E   (Italy)

^y FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^z UOC UOSD Gastroenterologia ed endoscopia digestiva AO S Giovanni Addolorata   (Italy)

^aa UO di Gastroenterologia Az Ospedaliera Universitaria "Maggiore Della Carit   (Italy)

^ab OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^ac FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^ad UOC Gastroenterologia AOS San G Moscati   (Italy)

^ae UOD Gastroenterologia ed endoscopia digestiva PO SS Annunziata   (Italy)

^af UO Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

^ag SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^ai FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^ak Centro Multispecialistico Malattie Retto Perineale   (Italy)

^al GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^am OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

^an ASL 9 Treviso   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^ap UO Gastroenterologia Ospedale di Fermo   (Italy)

^aq Ospedale Regionale di Aosta   (Italy)

^ar UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^as Ospedale di Ortona   (Italy)

^at San Gennaro Hospital   (Italy)

^au UO Gastroenterologia ed endoscopia digestiva Pio Albergo Trivulzio   (Italy)

^av UOC di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva AO Bolognini   (Italy)

^aw SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ax UO Gastroenterologia ed endoscopia digestiva – Pio Albergo Trivulzio ^*  (Italy)

^ay S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^az OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^ba CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bb S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^bd VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^be UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^bf BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bg ASL 1 Imperiese   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Chronic non organic constipation; Constipation severity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84933278688     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0886-2     Document Type: Article

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