Assessing functional disability and health status of women with fibromyalgia: Validation of a Hebrew version of the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 903-906

  Buskila, Dan ^a   Neumann, Lily ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Hebrew version fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; Physical functional disability; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0029888147     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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