Health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: Validity, responsiveness and reliability of EuroQol (EQ-5D)

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Hurst, N P ^a   Kind, P ^b   Ruta, D ^c   Hunter, M ^a   Stubbings, A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease activity; EuroQol; Health status; Outcome; Quality of life; Reliability; Responsiveness; Rheumatoid arthritis; Utility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOOD; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031134856     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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