Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Scale: A brief, physician-completed scale not confounded by patient self-report of psychological functioning

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-45

  Bardwell, W A ^a,b,d   Nicassio, P M ^a,b   Weisman, M H ^c   Gevirtz, R ^b   Bazzo, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Health status; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036106060     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/41.1.38     Document Type: Article

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