Development and psychometric evaluation of the urgency questionnaire for evaluating severity and health-related quality of life impact of urinary urgency in overactive bladder

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-382

  Coyne, Karin S ^a   Sexton, Chris C ^a   Thompson, Christine ^a   Bavendam, Tamara ^b   Brubaker, Linda ^c  

^a EVIDERA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

HRQL; OAB; Qualitative; Questionnaire; Symptoms; Urinary urgency; Validation

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TOLTERODINE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOLTERODINE TARTRATE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 84939881886     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-014-2435-5     Document Type: Article

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