Journal article
Qualiveen, a urinary-disorder specific instrument: 0.5 corresponds to the minimal important difference
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the interpretability of changes in Qualiveen, a specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) questionnaire for urinary disorders (UD) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Qualiveen has 30 items focusing on four aspects of patients' lives related to their urinary problems: bother with limitations (nine items), frequency of limitations (eight items), fears (eight items), and feelings (five items). Response …
Authors
Bonniaud V; Bryant D; Parratte B; Guyatt G
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 505–510
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.06.008
ISSN
0895-4356