Systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures in patients with varicose veins

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1424-1432

  Aber, A ^a   Poku, E ^a   Phillips, P ^a   Essat, M ^a   Buckley Woods, H ^a   Palfreyman, S ^c   Kaltenthaler, E ^a   Jones, G ^b   Michaels, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VARICOSE VEINS;

HUMANS; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 85026766672     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10639     Document Type: Review

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