The assessment of functional impairment in fibromyalgia (FM): Rasch analyses of 5 functional scales and the development of the FM health assessment questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1989-1999

  Wolfe, F ^a   Hawley, D J ^a   Goldenberg, D L ^a   Russell, I J ^a   Buskila, D ^a   Neumann, L ^a  

^a ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Functional assessment questionnaires; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033839770     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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