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ea0022p556 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by Novartis</emphasis>) | ECE2010

Development of a new questionnaire for evaluating QOL in adult hypopituitarism: adult hypopituitarism questionnaire (AHQ)

Shimatsu Akira , Ishii Hitoshi , Chihara Kazuo

Objective: To develop and validate the adult hypopituitarism questionnaire (AHQ) as a disease-specific, self-administered questionnaire for evaluation of QOL in adult patients with hypopituitarism.Methods: The development and validation of a new questionnaire were performed in a standardized manner: item development, pilot-testing and psychometric validation.Result: Content validity of the initial questionnaire was evaluated via tw...