Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-517

  Husted, Janice A ^a   Gladman, Dafna D ^b,c,d,f   Farewell, Vernon T ^e   Long, Jennifer A ^d   Cook, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Psoriatic Arthritis Clinic   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

health status; psoriatic arthritis; SF 36; validity

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSORALEN; RETINOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CANADA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031003070     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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