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ea0037ep749 | Pituitary: clinical | ECE2015

The development and validation of a new burden and needs assessment questionnaire for patients with pituitary diseases: the BNQ-pituitary

Andela Cornelie , Scharloo Margreet , Ramondt Steven , Tiemensma Jitske , Kaptein Ad , Pereira Alberto , Kamminga Noelle , Biermasz Nienke

Background: An increasing number of studies assess quality of life (QoL) in patients with pituitary diseases. At present, available disease-specific QoL questionnaires do not completely cover the patient perspective of QoL. Furthermore, there are no disease-specific questionnaires available which inventories patientÂ’s needs for help for impairments in QoL.Objective: To develop and validate a disease-specific QoL questionnaire for patients with pitui...