Development and validation of a new questionnaire assessing quality of life in adults with hypopituitarism: Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ).

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate the Adult Hypopituitarism Questionnaire (AHQ) as a disease-specific, self-administered questionnaire for evaluation of quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with hypopituitarism. METHODS: We developed and validated this new questionnaire, using a standardized pro...

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Main Authors: Hitoshi Ishii, Akira Shimatsu, Yasuhiko Okimura, Toshiaki Tanaka, Naomi Hizuka, Hidesuke Kaji, Kunihiko Hanew, Yutaka Oki, Sayuri Yamashiro, Koji Takano, Kazuo Chihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3439490?pdf=render