Comparison of standard and alternative health assessment questionnaire scoring procedures for documenting functional outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1524-1530

  Tomlin, George S ^a   Holm, Margo B ^b,c   Rogers, Joan C ^b,d   Kwoh, C Kent ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b University of New York   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional outcomes; Health assessment questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029782716     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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