426
Views
243
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Relevance of Norm Values as Part of the Documentation of Quality of Life Instruments for Use in Upper Gastrointestinal Disease

, , , &
Pages 8-13 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • Guyatt G, Veldhuyzen Van Zanten S, Feeny D, Patrick D. Measuring Quality of Life in clinical trials: a taxonomy and review. Can Med Assoc J 1989; 140: 1441–8
  • Lauper P, Versteegen U. The importance of Quality of Life in policy decisions: new end-points in medical outcome assessment. Pharm Med 1992; 6: 43–50
  • Dent J. Long-term aims of treatment of reflux disease, and the role of non-drug measures. Digestion 1992; 51 Suppl 1: 30–4
  • Fitzpatrick R, Fletcher A, Gose S, Jones D, Spiegelhalter D, Cox D. Quality of Life measures in healthcare. I: Applications and issues in assessment. BMJ 1992; 305: 1074–7
  • Spitzer W O. State of science 1986: Quality of Life and functional status as target variables for research. J Chron Dis 1987; 40: 465–71
  • Lind T, Havelund T, Carlsson R, Glise H, Hernqvist H, Junghard O, Lauritzen K, Lundell L, Pedersen S A. The effect of omeprazole 20 mg and 10 mg daily on heartburn in patients with endoscopy negative reflux disease. Dig Dis Week. 1995; A787, abstract no. 3147
  • Venables T, Newland R, Patel A C, Hole J, Mulholland G, Turbitt M, Wright T. A comparison of omeprazole 10 mg and 20 mg with ranitidine 150 mg bd for the treatment of GORD in primary care. Gut. 1995; 37 Suppl 2: A45
  • Dupuy H J. The Psychological General Weil-Being (PGWB) Index. Assessment of Quality of Life in clinical trials of cardiovascular therapies, N K Wenger, M E Mattson, C F Furberg, J Elinson. Le Jacq Publishing Inc, New York 1984; 170–83
  • Dimenäs E, Glise H, Hallerbäck B, Hernqvist H, Svedlund J, Wiklund I. Well-being and gastrointestinal symptoms among patients referred to endoscopy owing to suspected duodenal ulcer. Scand J Gastroenterol 1995; 30: 1046–52
  • Dimenäs E, Glise H, Hallerbäck B, Hernqvist H, Svedlund J, Wiklund I. Quality of Life in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms. An improved evaluation of treatment regimens?. Scand J Gastroenterol 1993; 28: 681–7
  • Lydick E, Epstein R S. Interpretation of Quality of Life changes. Quality of Life Res 1993; 2: 221–6
  • Testa M A. Interpreting Quality of Life clinical trial data for use in the clinical practice of an antihypertensive therapy. J Hypertens. 1987; 5 Suppl 1: S9–S13
  • Brosson B, Ifver J, Hays R D. The Swedish health-related Quality of Life survey (SWED-QUAL). Quality of Life Res 1993; 2: 33–45
  • Tibblin G, Bengtsson C, Furunes B, Lapidus L. Symptoms by age and sex. The population studies of men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden. Scand J Prim Health Care 1990; 8: 9–17
  • Croog S H, Levine S, Testa M A, et al. The effects of antihypertensive therapy on the quality of life. N Engl J Med 1986; 314: 1657–64
  • Sjöland H, Wiklund I, Caidahl K, Haglid M, Westberg S, Herlitz J. Improvement in quality of life and exercise capacity after coronary by-pass surgery. Arch Intern Med 1996; 156: 265–71
  • Wiklund I, Karlberg J, Mattson L å. Quality of Life during transdermal oestradiol therapy in postmenopausal women. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 1993; 168: 824–30

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.