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Validation of Electronic Data Capture of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome—Quality of Life Measure, the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the EuroQol

  1. Donald M. Bushnell MA1,*,
  2. Margaret C. Reilly MPH2,
  3. Carmen Galani MD3,
  4. Mona L. Martin RN, MPA1,
  5. Jean-François Ricci PhD3,
  6. Donald L. Patrick PhD4,
  7. Christopher R. McBurney PharmD3

Article first published online: 2 MAR 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2006.00087.x

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Value in Health

Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 98–105, March 2006

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Bushnell, D. M., Reilly, M. C., Galani, C., Martin, M. L., Ricci, J.-F., Patrick, D. L. and McBurney, C. R. (2006), Validation of Electronic Data Capture of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome—Quality of Life Measure, the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the EuroQol. Value in Health, 9: 98–105. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2006.00087.x

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  1. 1

    Health Research Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA;

  2. 2

    Reilly Associates, New York, NY, USA;

  3. 3

    Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland;

  4. 4

    Departments of Health Services and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

*Don Bushnell, Health Research Associates, Inc., 6505 216th St SW, Suite 105, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043, USA. E-mail: bushnell@hrainc.net

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