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Development and validation of the self-completed ascites impact measure to understand patient motivation for requesting a paracentesis

BACKGROUND: The Ascites Impact Measure (AIM) was developed to record patients’ daily experiences of symptoms that trigger a request for a paracentesis. METHODS: Development of the AIM followed a rigorous step-wise approach, including a review of the literature, expert opinions, and qualitative resea...

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Autores principales: Crawford, Bruce, Piault, Elizabeth, Gotlieb, Walter, Joulain, Florence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22915981
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PROM.S28179