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Development of a Health-Related Quality-of-Life Questionnaire for Individuals with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (A Validation Study)

Abstract

This study was conducted to test thepsychometric properties of a newly developedhealthrelated quality-of-life (HRQoL) questionnaire. Atotal of 172 symptomatic GERD patients completed a57-item questionnaire (containing the SF-12; symptomfrequency/bothersomeness; problems related toactivities, sleep, work disability; overall HRQoL; andtreatment satisfaction) at baseline, week 1 [retest (N= 25)], and week 4 [follow-up (N = 100)]. …

Authors

Colwell HH; Mathias SD; Pasta DJ; Henning JM; Hunt RH

Journal

Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1376–1383

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

July 1999

DOI

10.1023/a:1026647701477

ISSN

0163-2116