A validated severity score for haemorrhoids as an essential prerequisite for future haemorrhoid trials

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 33-41

  Lee, M J ^a   Morgan, J ^b   Watson, A J M ^c   Jones, G L ^b   Brown, S R ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhoid; Patient reported outcome; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOID SEVERITY SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUBBER BAND LIGATION; VAIZEY INCONTINENCE SCORE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85061201737     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-019-01936-9     Document Type: Article

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